I'm running it from config.fpw, you're right. But even from command window it doesn't always work. It worked fine for me for several years and only after I installed VFP8 I started to experience these strange effects...

Say, I just ran it fine. But I can not be sure, the problem would not re-appear...

>Hi!
>
>How you run that program? If from Config.FPW, then there is a really big probablility some development environment elements are not yet initialized.
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>Also, does that code works ok from a command window?
>
>>Hi everybody,
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>>I have VFPStart program, which worked fine for several years.
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>>It has this code:
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>>lnBar = cntbar('_MTOOLS') + 1
>>***
>>lnBar=m.lnBar+1
>>********* EView - Erik Moore EView - very powerful tool for manipulating with views
>>define bar m.lnBar of _MTOOLS prompt "EView..."
>>lcTemp = m.tcUtilityPath + "eView\eView"

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>>Now, after I installed VFP8 beta all of the sudden this piece of code started to return "no such menu item is defined". Moreover, if I ignore it, and try to run several times, eventually it works.
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>>Do you know, what may cause such weird problem? It gives me this error sporadically in VFP6 and in VFP8. Menu tools is indeed defined.
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>>Thanks in advance.