BBjPopupMenu::getMenu

Description

In BBj 3.0 and higher, this method returns a submenu from a BBjPopupMenu.

Syntax

Return Value

Method

BBjMenu

getMenu(int ID)

Parameters

Variable

Description

ID

Specifies the ID of the menu to be retrieved.

Return Value

Returns the specified BBjMenu object.

Remarks

None.

Example

REM Get a menu from a popup menu

REM Obtain the instance of the BBjAPI object
LET myAPI!=BBjAPI()

REM Open the SysGui device
SYSGUI=UNT
OPEN (SYSGUI)"X0"

REM Obtain the instance of the BBjSysGui object
LET mySysGui!=myAPI!.getSysGui()

REM Set addWindow param values
X=100
Y=100
WIDTH=200
HEIGHT=200
TITLE$="BBj Window"

REM Set the current context
mySysGui!.setContext(0)
REM Create a window with a title in the current context
myWindow! = mySysGui!.addWindow(X,Y,WIDTH,HEIGHT,TITLE$)

REM Create a button
myButton! = myWindow!.addButton(1,50,50,90,30,"OK")

REM Add a popup menu to the button
myPopupMenu!=myButton!.addPopupMenu()

REM Add a sub menu to the popup menu
mySubMenu!=myPopupMenu!.addMenu(-200,"Su&b Menu 1")

REM Add menu items to the sub menu
myItem1! = mySubMenu!.addMenuItem(-201,"Sub Menu Item 1")
myItem2! = mySubMenu!.addMenuItem(-202,"Sub Menu Item 2")

REM Retrieve a menu from the popup menu
myNewMenu! = myPopupMenu!.getMenu(mySubMenu!.getID())

REM Register the CALLBACK routines
CALLBACK(ON_BUTTON_PUSH,OK,mySysGui!.getContext(),myButton!.getID())
CALLBACK(ON_POPUP_ITEM_SELECT,Item1,myPopupMenu!.getID(),myItem1!.getID())
CALLBACK(ON_POPUP_ITEM_SELECT,Item2,myPopupMenu!.getID(),myItem2!.getID())
CALLBACK(ON_CLOSE,APP_CLOSE,mySysGui!.getContext())

REM Process Events
PROCESS_EVENTS

REM Callback routine invoked when the user clicks the button
OK:
i = msgbox("OK Button was selected")
return

REM Callback routine invoked when the user selects the first item
Item1:
i = msgbox("Item 1 was selected")
return

REM Callback routine invoked when the user selects the second item
Item2:
i = msgbox("Item 2 was selected")
return

REM Callback routine called when the user closes the application window
APP_CLOSE:
RELEASE

See Also

BBjAPI

BBjSysGui Methods

BBjControl Methods

BBjPopupMenu

BBjMenu

See the BBj Object Diagram for an illustration of the relationship between BBj Objects.