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Absolute Referencing of Pull-Down and Shortcut Menu Items

In addition to referencing a menu item, you can activate or deactivate a menu

item with the $Pn=xxx syntax. This is the format:

$Pn.i=xxx

The $ loads a menu section; Pn specifies the active menu section (0 through

16 are valid values); i specifies the menu item number; and xxx (if present),

specifies a string of grayed out or marked characters.

Using the $Pn=xxx syntax, the following example adds a check mark to item

1 in the POP7 section.

$P7.1=!.

Menu item numbering is consecutive regardless of the hierarchy of the menu.

To make it easy for an item to address itself regardless of its location in the

menu hierarchy, use these forms:

$P@.@=xxxReferences the current or most recently chosen command.

[email protected]=xxxReferences item n in the current or most recently chosen menu.

Quick Reference

Commands

CUI

Manages the customized user interface elements in the product.

Swap and Insert Pull-Down Menus

Using the Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor, you can use workspaces to

control the swapping of pull-down menus. However, you can also swap one

pull-down menu programmatically for another (for example, when a user

loads an application that requires an additional menu).

Swap Pull-Down Menus

Because the program has cascading pull-down menus, there is little need to

swap menus. Also, swapping menus can detract from the consistency of the

user interface. However, using $ commands, you can swap pull-down menus

and submenus. An alternative to menu swapping involves relative (or global)

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