Hi Bernard.

The problem may be to do with the name of your pad. There doesn't seem to be any problem with

DEFINE PAD AppPad OF _MSYSMENU PROMPT "Application" COLOR SCHEME 3 ;
	KEY ALT+A, ""
ON PAD AppPad OF _MSYSMENU ACTIVATE POPUP AppPad
DEFINE POPUP AppPad MARGIN RELATIVE SHADOW COLOR SCHEME 4
DEFINE BAR 1 OF AppPad PROMPT "MS Word"
DEFINE BAR 2 OF AppPad PROMPT "MS Excel"
DEFINE BAR 3 OF AppPad PROMPT "\-"
DEFINE BAR 4 OF AppPad PROMPT "Change Login"
DEFINE BAR 5 OF AppPad PROMPT "Leisure"
DEFINE BAR 6 OF AppPad PROMPT "Calculator"
ON SELECTION BAR 1 OF AppPad DO MyProg1
ON SELECTION BAR 2 OF AppPad DO MyProg2
ON SELECTION BAR 4 OF AppPad DO MyProg3
ON SELECTION BAR 5 OF AppPad Activate window puzzle
ON SELECTION BAR 6 OF AppPad Activate window Calculator

Regards
Geoff


>I have the following snippet from my menu:

>DEFINE PAD Applications OF _MSYSMENU PROMPT "Applications" COLOR SCHEME 3 ;
>	KEY ALT+A, ""
>ON PAD Applications OF _MSYSMENU ACTIVATE POPUP applicatio
>DEFINE POPUP applicatio MARGIN RELATIVE SHADOW COLOR SCHEME 4
>DEFINE BAR 1 OF applicatio PROMPT "MS Word"
>DEFINE BAR 2 OF applicatio PROMPT "MS Excel"
>DEFINE BAR 3 OF applicatio PROMPT "\-"
>DEFINE BAR 4 OF applicatio PROMPT "Change Login"
>DEFINE BAR 5 OF applicatio PROMPT "Leisure"
>DEFINE BAR 6 OF applicatio PROMPT "Calculator"
>ON SELECTION BAR 1 OF applicatio DO MyProg1
>ON SELECTION BAR 2 OF applicatio DO MyProg2
>ON SELECTION BAR 4 OF applicatio DO MyProg3
>ON SELECTION BAR 5 OF applicatio Activate window puzzle
>ON SELECTION BAR 6 OF applicatio Activate window Calculator
>
>

>As can be seen above the menu generator truncates the POPUP name after 10 chrs. I have looked in the help file and can find no restriction mentioned about this.
>
>Also in the menu designer, when you select View/Menu Options to try to change the menu popup name, it allows only 10 chrs!
>
>Is this a bug? If not why is it there and why no mention in the help file?
>
>Same thing in VFP9?