User Guide

214 Chapter 11: Keywords
The menu keyword is followed immediately by a colon, a space, and the name of the menu. In
subsequent lines, specify the menu items for that menu. You can set a script to execute when the
user chooses an item by placing the script after the vertical bar symbol (|). A new menu is defined
by the subsequent occurrence of the
menu keyword.
Note: Menus are not available in Shockwave Player.
On the Macintosh, you can use special characters to define custom menus. These special
characters are case-sensitive. For example, to make a menu item bold, the letter B must be
uppercase.
Special symbols should follow the item name and precede the vertical bar symbol (|). You can also
use more than one special character to define a menu item. Using <B<U, for example, sets the
style to Bold and Underline.
Avoid special character formatting for cross-platform movies because not all Windows computers
support it.
Example
This example is the text of a field cast member named CustomMenu2 which can be used to
specify the content of a custom File menu. To install this menu, use “
installMenu
member("CustomMenu2")
” while the movie is running. The Convert menu item runs the custom
handler
convertThis.
menu: File
Open/O | _movie.go("Open")
Close/W | _movie.go("Close")
Convert/C | convertThis
(-
Quit/Q | _movie.go("Quit")
See also
installMenu, name, number (menu items), checkMark, enabled, script
Symbol Example Description
@ menu: @
*On the Macintosh, creates the Apple symbol and enables Macintosh
menu bar items when you define an Apple menu.
* identifies formatting tags that work only on the Macintosh.
!Ã !ÃEasy Select
*On the Macintosh, checks the menu with a check mark (Option+v).
<B Bold<B
*On the Macintosh, sets the menu item’s style to Bold.
<I Italic<I
*On the Macintosh, sets the style to Italic.
<U Underline<U
*On the Macintosh, sets the style to Underline.
<O Outline<O
*On the Macintosh, sets the style to Outline.
<S Shadow<S
*On the Macintosh, sets the style to Shadow.
| Open/O | go to
frame "Open"
Associates a script with the menu item.
/ Quit/Q
Defines a command-key equivalent.
( Save(
Disables the menu item.
(-
(-
Creates a disabled line in the menu.