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Unit 9: Menus and Dialog Boxes

Figure 9.12: The Pop-up Menu Described in the Menu Editor in Figure 6.11
Shown in Design Mode Dropped Down.

Menus that will be used as pop-up menus should not be displayed in the main menu bar when
the application is running. Hence those menus that you will be using as pop-up should be
made invisible by unchecking the Visible property in the Menu Editor as shown in Figure 9.11.
Questions
1. Write code for a menu item by clicking on menu items in design mode.
2. Write code for Adding a Pop-up to a System Tray Icon.
9.8 Summary

• Menu editor is used to create new menu and bars.
• By dating access keys and shortcut keys we can improve keyboard access to menu commands.
• A separator bar is used to divide items into logical groups.
• A pop-up menu is a floating menu that is displayed over a form, independent of the menu
bar.
• A model dialog box must be closed before you can continue working with the rest of the
application and modeles dialog boxes shift the focus between the dialog box and another
form without having to close the dialog box.
• Predefined dialog box is the easiest way to add a dialog box into the application.

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