Hi Walter,

VFP Form menù, declared with DEFINE MENU ... BAR IN topFormName
are "WINDOWS MENù", not VFP menù.
Windows menù can to be exist only on Top Window Frame ( AS Top ), not on child window ( In Top form ).

In fact _SYSMENU is on _VFP window, not on _SCREEN window.

You can only build a surrogate menu:
DEFINE MENU ... IN childFormName

but VFP not remove graphics area, not activate it automatically ...

You must do all with your code.

Fabio