Sebastian

>As VFP loses control to the modal windows form, then KEYBOARD[{ALT+P}] can't fire

Thanks for your response - I did not explain the problem very well.

>As VFP loses control to the modal windows form, then KEYBOARD[{ALT+P}] can't fire, because VFP has lost control to the windows dialog.

would have been a better explanation.

I suspect the only way to get to the properties sheet of SYS(1037) is through a WinAPI call(s)

Dennis