BBjMenuBar::addMenu

Description

Adds a menu to the BBjMenuBar.

Syntax

Return Value

Method

BBjMenu

addMenu(int ID, string title)

Parameters

Variable

Description

ID

Specifies the ID of the menu that is being added.

title

Specifies the title of the menu.

Return Value

Returns the BBjMenu object created.

Remarks

The menu ID should be a negative value. Any positive value will be internally converted to a negative value.

Example

rem 'Add a menu to a menu bar

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 = 10
Y = 10
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 the menu bar
myMenuBar! = myWindow!.addMenuBar()

rem 'Add a menu to the menu bar
myMenu! = myMenuBar!.addMenu(-100,"&Menu")

rem 'Register the CALLBACK routines
CALLBACK(ON_CLOSE,APP_CLOSE,mySysGui!.getContext())

rem 'Process Events
process_events

rem 'Callback routine called when the user closes the application window
APP_CLOSE:
release

See Also

BBjAPI

BBjSysGui

BBjControl

BBjWindow

BBjMenu

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