Development Guide

22 FileMaker Pro Advanced Development Guide
Creating custom menus
To create a custom menu:
1. Choose File menu > Manage > Custom Menus > Custom Menus tab.
2. Click Create.
3. In the Create Custom Menu dialog box, do one of the following,
then click OK:
1 Click Start with an empty menu.
1 Click Start with a standard FileMaker menu, then select a menu
from the list.
The Edit Custom Menu dialog box appears.
4. In the Edit Custom Menu dialog box, specify a menu name, the title
that you want to display in the menu bar, the menu platform, and the
modes in which to display the menu. See Help for more information
on these options.
5. Create custom menu items, as described below.
Creating custom menu items
After you create a menu, you can create menu items. You can also create
or edit menu items that are copies of the Standard FileMaker menus.
Menu items can be commands, submenus, or separators. You can create
a menu item that is based on a standard FileMaker command or you can
create a menu item that initially does not have an assigned command.
When you base a menu item on a FileMaker command, that menu
item inherits all the properties of that command. You can override
properties (title, shortcut, or action) to customize the menu item.
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.
Menus in
brackets are not
customizable;
they are locked