How to activate several Formatted Search Forms !!

Hi Guys,
I have a problem concerning the manipulation of formated Search Forms. Actually when using the ActivatMenuItem() method, one needs a UID of the items to be activated. And I would like to use this method to activate several formated Search Forms but I don't know how to get the UID of those formatted Search Forms.
While searching on the Forum, I have seen that some developers used following command SBO_Application.ActivateMenuItem("7425");
I tried that and it works, but it only activates the first formatted Search Form saved in the CSHS table. My problem is how to activate the other formatted Search Forms and how to access their UID.
Thanks in advance for Responding
Bop

Formatted searches are tied to an individual field on the screen.
They are not launched by individual UID's, there is only one formatted search menu UID - 7425.
The actual screen that is called is based on which field the focus is currently in. If you are in form UID "1", field UID "1" it will call the formatted search (defined in CSHS) for Form 1 / Item 1. If the focus is currently in field UID "2", it will call a different search. If there is no formatted search defined on CSHS for the current field, then it will display a dialog asking if you want to create one.
If you want to open other formatted searches for different fields in your form, simply place the focus on them before calling ActivateMenuItem("7425"). You can do this using the Click method.
John.

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Perhaps my explanations are a bit in confusion.
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