>>Is it possible to define menu pads that can be called programmatically but are not visible?
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>The short answer is yes. This used to be a popular trick for enabling Cut-Copy-Paste in apps that didn't have a Edit menu.
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>The long answer will have to be supplied by someone else, unfortunately. I think it's just a question of defining the pad and not attaching it to a bar...

Garret,

I defined a pad with a blank ("") prompt and so far it seems to do what I want. Thanks for your suggestion.

Alex