Menus 2

- - Menus
    
    In menu editor, you can set properites of a menu control,
    - Caption - the visible text you see
    - Name - the name used in code to refer to the menu control
    - Checked - determines whether a small check mark is displayed to the left of the menu control
    - Visible - determines whether a menu control can be seen
    - Enabled - if FALSE, the text is grayed out and cannot be selected
    - Index - used only when the menu control is part of a control array
    - Shortcut - a key sequence that will invoke the menu
    - HelpContextID - determines which topic in the help file will be displayed
    - NegotiatePosition - works in conjunction with OLE embedment to determine which menu controls are displayed
    - WindowList - determines whether a menu control maintains a list of the current MDI child windows
    The event list for Menus controls is very short because Menus support only one event, the click event:
    - Click - occurs when a menu item is selected
    Menu Editor
    
    Here's the Menu Editor window:
    - Caption
      Simply use the shortest name you can.
    - Name
      While it can be anything, remember that the menu event will bear this name.
    - Checked
      Menu items are either checked, or not. You can check it from within the menu editor or by using code. For example, this code will cause a menu item to be displayed with a small checkmark to it's left:
    font-family: VerdanamnuFileOpen.checked = TRUE
    - Visible
      If you want to prevent a user from having access to a menu item, simply set the visible property to FALSE. This will keep the user from even knowing that the menu item ever existed.
    font-family: VerdanamnuFileOpen.visible = FALSE
    - Enabled
      To allow the user to see the menu, but not to select it, set the enabled property to FALSE:
    font-family: VerdanamnuFileOpen.enabled = FALSE
    - Index
      If you give a menu (or any control) a non-zero index value, that makes it a member of a control array.
    - Shortcut
      Most users want to be able to invoke a menu item from the keyboard. This is the property that defines the shortcut key strokes.

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