1. Visual Basic Menu Editor
Menu Creation
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Goals of This Lesson
Create Application (form) Menus
Offer Menu options that let the user:
Access Files
Print Reports
Calculate totals etc.
Help
To display Information About the System
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Create A Project
From the Start Menu
Select Programs, Then Microsoft Visual Studio
Activate the VB 6 Program
From the Option Box
Click Icon to create a Project
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The Menu Wizard
Press Ctrl-E
To activate Menu Editor
It will appear like this graphic
The editor will help you design your application menus.
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Menu Editor Box
Menu Properties
Control List Box
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6. The Menu Property Section
In The Menu Property Section
You will designate the names & captions of your menu controls.
Here is where you define menu options
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Step 1: Add Menu Options
The Screen will look like this…
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8. Step 2: Add these options
Files
Print Reports
Calculate
Help
Include Accelerator Keys
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9. at 3 steps for each Option.
Press Ctrl-E To Activate Menu Editor
Type–&File Maintenance (in the Caption box)
Press tab to advance to the Name box
Type–mnuFile (in the Name Box)
Leave all other field alone & click—Next to prepare for the other menu options
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Step 3, Continued
Type “Print &Reports” in the Caption
Type mnuPrint (in the Name Box)
Press Next to prepare for the next option
Type &Ca&lculate ” (Caption)
Type mnuCalculate (in the Name Box)
Type &Help in the Caption
Type mnuHelp (in the name box)
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11. The Menu editor should look like this
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Test The Menu
Click the button to close the menu editor; and save your project
Press F5 to run the application
Because we have not added any procedures nothing happens when you click on the menu bar at the top of the form
Press the stop button on the edit bar
Press Ctrl-E to finish creating the menu
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Insert a blank row:
Highlight Print &Report in the Menu control list
Click the button
Add Ce&real Master to Caption and mnuFileCereal to name
Click the Menu Editor’s right arrow button
VB puts an ellipses Before Ce&real Master ...
This will insert a blank line between &File and &Color and allow you to add a menu option to the File menu
You must tell Visual Basic that you are adding a pull down menu bar and not a primary menu option.
This tell VB that the current item will be a menu option and will not appear on the menu bar.
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Add These Other Files
Add these Options to the File Menu
Sweet Cereal File
Manufacturer file
Exit
Add these Options to the Print Menu
Sweet Cereal List
Manufacturer Cereal List
Cereal Master List
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Add These Other Files
Add this Option to the Calculate Menu
Summary Data
Finally add this Option to the Help Menu
About
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The Help About Form
Press Projectadd Form
Select the About Form from the list of wizard forms
Be careful using accelerator keys
Don’t use letters that are used by Microsoft,
O is used for Open
X is used or Cut
x is used for Exit
Look at the menu accelerator keys
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Connecting Your Menu
We will only connect the Exit option on the File Maintenance menu and the About option on the Help Menu.
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Connecting The Exit
While the frmFormName is active as an object; click on the File menu and then click on the Exit option
This will activate the code screen with the Private Sub mnuFileExit_Click()
End Sub --already waiting for you
Add the code in the graphic
Unload Me
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Activate Help About
While the frmFormName is active as an object; click on the Help menu and then click on the About option
This will activate the code screen with the Private Sub mnuHelpAbout_Click()
End Sub already waiting for you
Add the code in the graphic
frmAbout.Show vbModal
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Adding Shortcut Keys
From the frmFormName object view press Ctrl-E to activate the Menu Editor
Highlight the Cereal Master option in the menu list box
Click on the Shortcut combo box
Select from the predefined list
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Possibilities
I selected these for the File Menu
Cereal Master File Ctrl-E
Manufacturer File Ctrl-U
Sweet Cereal File Ctrl-T
Exit F11
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