Thanks for your suggestion. I'm new to OO and I think I was just over-complicating things! Regards SH

Thanks very much. That sorted it out for me and I'm generating a context-specific menu.

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Perfect. And by inserting the middle three lines into the Load event, and changing 'newForm' to 'Me', I've managed to change the main form as well. Don't worry about the saving - I've got that bit sorted out. Thanks for your help.