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mMenu.addMenuToMenuBar()

Availability

Windows: Not Applicable

Macintosh: Flash 8 or 9 AS2.0 SWF + mProjector 1.0;

Usage

mMenu.addMenuToMenuBar([menuName:String]) : Void

Parameters

menuName - Name of custom menu.

Returns

Nothing.

Description

Method; MAC ONLY - Adds a new menu to the application's menu bar. The menu item will be added to the right on existing built-in and custom menus. This command has no effect if you do not check the "Show Application Menu Bar / Show In Dock" box on mProjector's Application tab panel when compiling the application.

Example

The following code adds a Help menu to the menu bar of a Macintosh application.

/* Create mProjector Help Menu  */

// Help Menu String Constants
helpMenuName = "Help";
helpShortcut = "F1";
menuItem_about = "About";
menuItem_purchase = "Buy Online";
menuItem_activate = "Activate...";
menuItem_docs = "Online Documentation";
menuItem_samples = "Online Samples";
menuItem_forums = "ScreenTime User Forums";
menuItem_gettingStarted = "Getting Started";
menuItem_installFlashExtension = "Install Flash Extension for mProjector";
menuItem_quit = "Quit";
menuItem_help = "Help";

// Create Help Menu
mMenu.createMenu(helpMenuName);

// Build Menu
mMenu.addItem(menuItem_help, helpMenuName, helpShortcutID); 
mMenu.addItem(menuItem_gettingStarted, helpMenuName);
mMenu.addItem(menuItem_docs, helpMenuName);
mMenu.addItem(menuItem_samples, helpMenuName);
mMenu.addItem(menuItem_forums, helpMenuName);
mMenu.addSeparator(helpMenuName);
mMenu.addItem(menuItem_installFlashExtension, helpMenuName);
mMenu.addItem(menuItem_checkForUpdates, helpMenuName);
mMenu.addItem(menuItem_checkForUpdatesAtStartUp, helpMenuName);
mMenu.addItem(menuItem_purchase, helpMenuName);

//Add Menu To Menu Bar
mMenu.addMenuToMenuBar(helpMenuName);

See Also

Using mProjector -- Menus, mMenu.createMenu(), mMenu.deleteMenu()

Code Examples

mProjector Class Basics -- mMenu, Context Sensitive Menus

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