>Actually, the "set sysm on" did the trick.

Right, if you don't want to have your own menu. Otherwise you should include Edit pad in your own menu to have Ctrl+C, etc. functions work properly.

>-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.