>>>Is it possible to define menu pads that can be called programmatically but are not visible?
>>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...
>I defined a pad with a blank ("") prompt and so far it seems to do what I want. Thanks for
>your suggestion.

Glad to be of assistance. :-)