Chapter 3
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Customizing menus 25
When you create a menu item that does not have an assigned
command, an untitled menu item appears in the Menu Items list of the
Edit Custom Menu dialog box. You can then customize the menu item
properties.
1. Choose File menu > Define > Custom Menus > Custom Menus tab.
2. In the Define Custom Menus dialog box, select the menu from the
list, then click
Edit.
3. In the Edit Custom Menu dialog box, specify which menu items are
included in the menu:
4. Select each menu item from the Menu Items list and specify its
properties.
To Do this
Add a command Click Command.
In the Specify FileMaker Command dialog box, do
one of the following, then click OK.
1 Click No command assigned. FileMaker Pro
Advanced adds an Untitled menu item to the Menu
Item list. You must specify properties for this
command (see Step 4).
1 Click Use a FileMaker command, then select a
command from the list.
The command determines the action or behavior of
the menu item.
Tip You can press Shift and click Command to create
an Untitled command menu item.
Add a submenu Click Submenu to add another menu’s commands to
the current menu.
In the Specify Submenu dialog box, select the menu
you want to include, then click OK.
Note You can add up to 100 menus to the menu bar.
If you add a menu that includes itself as a submenu,
you may quickly reach the limit.
Add a separator line Select the menu item from the list under which you
want the separator line to appear, then click Separator.
Duplicate a menu item Select a menu item from the list, then click .
Delete a menu item Select a menu item from the list, then click .
To Do this
Change a command for
a menu item
Click Specify. In the Specify FileMaker Command
dialog box, select a command, then click OK.
Choose a platform for a
menu item
Select Windows, Macintosh, or both. Your menu item
will appear on the platforms you select.
Note Some commands are valid on only one
platform.
Change the title for a
menu item
Select Title and enter the text. To specify an access key
(Windows), type an ampersand (&) before the
character you want to use as the access key. For
example, type &Open to display the Open menu item
with the letter “O” as the access key.
To base the menu title on the result of a calculation,
click Specify, then build a formula in the Specify
Calculation dialog box.
Note Untitled menu items do not have a checkbox.
Edit Custom Menu dialog box
Items appear
in the menu in
the order
shown in this
list. Drag an
arrow up or
down to
change the
order.
