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You cannot use trailing spaces in a menu label to increase the menu width,

because trailing spaces are ignored while the menu is being loaded. Any spaces

you use to increase the width of a menu label must be within a DIESEL

expression.

The next example uses the same DIESEL expression as the label and a portion

of the menu item. It provides a practical way to enter the current day and

date into a drawing.

$(edtime,$(getvar,date),DDD","D MON YYYY)^C^Ctext+

\\\ $M=$(edtime,$(getvar,date),DDD","D MON YYYY);

Also, you can use a DIESEL macro to mark pull-down menu labels or make

them unavailable. The following pull-down menu label displays an unavailable

ERASE while a command is active. The text is displayed normally when a

command is not active.

$(if,$(getvar,cmdactive),~)ERASE

You can use a similar approach to place a mark beside a pull-down menu item

or to interactively change the character used for the mark.

You can use the CLIPBOARD system variable to enable or disable Clipboard

commands on your menu. For example, the following DIESEL expression

disables the Paste Special menu item when the Clipboard is empty:

$(If,$(getvar,clipboard),,~)/Paste&Special...

^C^C_pastespec

Quick Reference

System Variables

CLIPBOARD

Indicates the status of the Clipboard.

MENUECHO

Sets menu echo and prompt control bits.

USERNAME

Specifies the user name.

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