Question:
I need to run a menu option from Form1 that actualy executes amenu option on Form2. What I have had to do is show Form2 and use SendKey to get to an options update. I do not like the fact that Form2 displays while this process is occuring. There is no way, because of the tables opened in Form2 that I can peform the operation from Form1.

Answer:
Try putting an invisible text box on the window you want to trigger. Whenever you put a piece of text in the text box, the Change event will fire, and you can interpret the message. It is a poor man’s message handler. One thing to remember if you do this: make sure you clear the text box after you get the message. Otherwise, if you put the same text in, the change event will not fire.