>hi,;
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>how would you add a menu pad specific for a form like the form menu that displays in VFP when you open the form designer?
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>I've made a menu into menu designer called part with 1 pad, 3 bars, etc.
>if i issue a do menu then i wipes out the existing one, if I issue a push menu tehn i get an error Menu not defined with define menu.
>
>thanks
>- jer

When designing your form specific menu, go to View - Genral Options and seelct Append instead of Replace. That should append the new pad/bars to the existing System menu.

In the form's Destroy event, you can then add code to RELEASE PAD.

HTH.