Menus and Menu Bars

These commands and functions make it possible for you to develop, display, and activate user-defined menus and menu bars.

Use	To
\ | \\ Command	Print or display lines of text.
ACTIVATE POPUP Command	Display and activate a menu.
BAR( ) Function	Return the number of the most recently chosen item from a menu defined with DEFINE POPUP or a menu item chosen from a Visual FoxPro menu.
BARPROMPT( ) Function	Included for compatibility with dBASE.
CLEAR Commands	Release the specified item or items from memory.
CLEAR Commands	Release the specified item or items from memory.
CNTBAR( ) Function	Return the number of menu items on a user-defined menu or the Visual FoxPro system menu.
CNTPAD( ) Function	Return the number of menu titles on a user-defined menu bar or the Visual FoxPro system menu bar.
CREATE MENU Command	Open the Menu designer in Visual FoxPro.
DEACTIVATE MENU Command	Deactivate a user-defined menu bar and remove it from the screen.
DEACTIVATE POPUP Command	Deactivate a menu created with DEFINE POPUP.
DEFINE BAR Command	Create a menu item on a menu created with DEFINE POPUP.
DEFINE MENU Command	Create a menu bar.
DEFINE PAD Command	Create a menu title (pad) on a user-defined menu bar or the Visual FoxPro system menu bar.
DEFINE POPUP Command	Create a menu.
GETBAR( ) Function	Return the number of an item on a menu defined with DEFINE POPUP or the Visual FoxPro system menu.
GETPAD( ) Function	Return the menu title for a given position on the menu bar.
HIDE MENU Command	Hide one or more active user-defined menu bars.
HIDE POPUP Command	Hide one or more active menus created with DEFINE POPUP.
MODIFY MENU Command	Open the Menu designer so you can modify or create a menu system.
MOVE POPUP Command	Move a user-defined menu created with DEFINE POPUP to a new location.
MRKBAR( ) Function	Determine whether a menu item on a user-defined or Microsoft Visual FoxPro system menu is marked.
MRKPAD( ) Function	Determine whether a menu title on a user-defined menu bar or on the Visual FoxPro system menu bar is marked.
ON BAR Command	Specify a menu or menu bar that is activated when you choose a specific menu item from a menu.
ON EXIT BAR Command	Included for compatibility with dBASE.
ON EXIT MENU Command	Included for compatibility with dBASE.
ON EXIT PAD Command	Included for compatibility with dBASE.
ON EXIT POPUP Command	Included for compatibility with dBASE.
ON PAD Command	Specify the menu or menu bar that is activated when you choose a specific menu title.
ON SELECTION BAR Command	Specify a command that executes when you choose a specific menu item.
ON SELECTION MENU Command	Specify a command that executes when you choose any menu title on a menu bar.
ON SELECTION PAD Command	Specify a command that executes when you choose a specific menu title on a menu bar.
ON SELECTION POPUP Command	Specify a command that executes when you choose any menu item from a specified menu or from all menus.
PAD( ) Function	Return as an uppercase character string the menu title most recently chosen from a menu bar, or returns a logical value indicating if a menu title is defined for an active menu bar.
POP MENU Command	Restore the specified menu bar definition that was placed on the stack with PUSH MENU.
POP POPUP Command	Restore the specified menu definition that was placed on the stack with PUSH POPUP.
POPUP( ) Function	Return as a string the name of the active menu, or a logical value indicating if a menu has been defined.
PRMBAR( ) Function	Return the text of a menu item.
PRMPAD( ) Function	Return the text of a menu title.
PROMPT( ) Function	Return the text for a menu title chosen from a menu bar or for a menu item chosen from a menu.
PUSH MENU Command	Place a menu bar definition in a stack of menu bar definitions in memory.
PUSH POPUP Command	Place a menu definition on a stack of menu definitions in memory.
RELEASE BAR Command	Remove a specified menu item or all menu items on a menu from memory.
RELEASE MENUS Command	Remove user-defined menu bars from memory.
RELEASE PAD Command	Remove a specific menu title or all menu titles from memory.
RELEASE POPUPS Command	Remove a specific menu or all menus from memory.
SET MARK OF Command	Specify a mark character for menu titles or menu items, displays, or clear the mark character.
SET SKIP OF Command	Enable or disable a menu, menu bar, menu title, or menu item for user-defined menus or the Microsoft Visual FoxPro system menu.
SIZE POPUP Command	Change the size of a menu created with DEFINE POPUP.
SKPBAR( ) Function	Determine if a menu item is enabled or disabled with SET SKIP OF.
SKPPAD( ) Function	Determine whether a menu title is enabled or disabled with SET SKIP OF.
SHOW MENU Command	Display one or more user-defined menu bars without activating them.
SHOW POPUP Command	Display one or more menus defined with DEFINE POPUP without activating them.
SYS(2013) - System Menu Name String	Return a space-delimited character string containing the internal names of the Visual FoxPro menu system.

See Also

Reference

Menu and Shortcut Designers

Other Resources

Input and Output (Visual FoxPro)

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