Let me clarify a point I forgot to mention - I want to do this without
MDI forms, as I want the main form (see below) to be similar to the VB4
main form, so when it is maximised, it doesn't take up the entire
screen.

This is what I posted earlier...

I was wondering if anybody knows how to 'move' a menu bar from one form
to another. Say I had a main form with the menu bar on it, depending on
what form was open the entire menu bar would change accordingly. The
form that is open actually holds the menu bar, and it should get moved
to the main form. Then if a different form is opened, then the different

menu bar is moved from it to the main form.

I've worked out how to move the actual menu 'labels' etc, but the
relevant code doesn't go with it... Can this be achieved with API calls,

or am I using the wrong ones??

Craig

There is no easy way to cause the menu event associated with one form to be
executed by anothers in the way you want..but it can be done with a little
work. You can extract the menu handle along with the label, which you say
you have already done. You can then use the menu handle to cause a popup
menu to be displayed when the "migrated" label is selected using the API
TrackPopupMenu. You can also use the GetMenu... API's to extract
information about each entry.
As each window becomes active it would call the "build main menu" routine
with it's window handle. You would then build the main window menu based on
that handle. Store the handles/labels so that when one is selected you can
create the popup. Since you are using the menu defined to the "real" window
the associated menu event will fire.

Look at VB programmers guide to win api - it has a s chapter dedicated to
menu processing.

E-mail me if you have questions.

Good Luck !

Anthony J. Elcocks