>>My users want to see the _TALLY to the right of a MENU OPTION that says: ALL RECORDS FOR YOUR AREA. Can I add the _TALLY right beside the name?
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>My Question is : In the MENU, Can you put a reccount() on the same line as the menu name?

Yes, you can have whatever you want in the text for a menu option. But you have to redefine the menu item for each change in text. So you will probably have to call some code each time you expect _Tally to change.

Or I guess you could attach the code to a timer and have this refresh the menu after each set interval.

In the menu builder, set a PadName (e.g. PadRecords) and a BarNo (e.g. 1) for the item on the menu bar and the item on the drop down menu. Then issue a Define Bar command

DEFINE BAR 1 OF PadRecords PROMPT "ALL RECORDS FOR YOUR AREA" + LTRIM( STR( _Tally))

Alternatively use my great and wonderful Menu classes which are in the VCX section of the Files library. (but you'll still have to run some code for each change)