Development Guide

Chapter 3
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Customizing database solutions 23
To create or edit a custom menu item:
1. Choose File menu > Manage > Custom Menus > Custom Menus tab.
2. In the Manage 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 From the Edit Custom Menu dialog box 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.
Define a shortcut for a
menu item
Select Shortcut. In the Specify Shortcut dialog box,
type the key combination, then click OK.
For more information about keyboard shortcuts, see
Help.
Perform a script or
script step when a user
selects a menu item
Select Action, do one of the following, then click OK.
1 Select Script. In the Specify Script Options dialog
box, select a script and enter the optional script
parameters as necessary.
1 Select Script Step. In the Specify Script Step dialog
box, select a step and specify options as necessary,
then click OK.
Note Untitled menu items do not have an Action
checkbox.
Tip To affect the behavior of a currently running
script (for example, to halt, exit, resume, or pause the
script), choose Script Step and then use the Perform
Script script step.
For more information about scripts and script steps,
see Help.