At the risk of suggestion the obvious... Your form isn't modal, is it?

Michelle

>I have created a form with a grid on it.
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>I want to use the ctrl+f to be able to search the grid, but the menu disappears when I run my form, making ctrl+f unavailable.
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>Is there a setting within foxpro, form properties, or elsewhere that causes the menu to disapear when a form is run?