Thanks for the info Martin. I'll have to give the new VFPSkins a try when it comes out.

What else does _Screen.Themes=.T. affect besides the menus?

Mike.

>To give the menu the XP look and feel in VFP 8.0 you just need to set _Screen.Themes=.t.
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>After that, the menu will get the properties of the currently applied theme. No need to add anything else.
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>If you want a cooler menu, you can wait a little until the guys at www.VFPSkin.com.ar release the latest version of VFPSkin, which will allow to skin the menus also. I saw a preview of this feature, and it really rocks!
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>Hope this helps,