>Have a top level form, modeless with timer. The main program continues, calls the menu. Once the top level form closes I want to display a specific menu option. Tried keyboarding a hot key for the menu option but no result.
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>How do I do this?
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Ken,
In the form's Destroy, you could create a public variable or use a private variable created prior to the form. Store a Timer object to the varible that has code in the Tinmer event to execute the menu option or better yet, call the same form/procedure the menu option calls. The form will complete the exiting process and the timer will fire after the form goes away.

This techinique is used in Visual MaxFrame Professional to handle some key functions. It is referred to as a "Hand Grenade".

HTH.