Actually, the "set sysm on" did the trick.
-Thnaks
>No to #1. How do I set the file menu to be active? I've done this along time ago...........
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>>>I happened to have programmed a quick 'browse' command into a program in a very simple app. However hitting "ctrl-F' to do a seach will not work. It only seems to work if I issue the browse command at the command prompt window.
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>>1) Do you have menu Edit\..Find defined?
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>>2) Is your form non-modal?
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>>Otherwise it would not work.
"Build a man a fire, and he's warm for a day.
Set a man on fire, and he's warm for the rest of his life."