2. PowerBuilder Online Courses - by Prasad Bodepudi Menu Painter Menu Types Menu Properties

3. Http://www.applied-software.com © Prasad Bodepudi. All rights reserved. PowerBuilder Online Courses Menu Painter Menu Types DropDown Menus Cascading DropDown Menus Popup Menus

4. Http://www.applied-software.com © Prasad Bodepudi. All rights reserved. PowerBuilder Online Courses Menu Painter DropDown Menu The available options are grouped into logical collections and the group names are displayed horizontally on the menu bar. Typically, these menus are attached to a Window. DropDown menus can have toolbars and can moved to any position within the application depending on the application settings.

5. Http://www.applied-software.com © Prasad Bodepudi. All rights reserved. PowerBuilder Online Courses Menu Painter Cascading DropDown Menu Cascading menu can display many more menu options than a menu item in the DropDown menu using sub menus. Cascading menu can be identified by the right arrow at the end of the menu item.

6. Http://www.applied-software.com © Prasad Bodepudi. All rights reserved. PowerBuilder Online Courses Menu Painter Popup Menu Popup menus are dynamic and context sensitive. Popup menus are invoked at the mouse pointer when clicked with right mouse button. Popup menu creation is same as DropDown menu. Popup menus are not attached to a window and are invoked from script.

7. Http://www.applied-software.com © Prasad Bodepudi. All rights reserved. PowerBuilder Online Courses Menu Painter  Menu Types Menu Properties

8. Http://www.applied-software.com © Prasad Bodepudi. All rights reserved. PowerBuilder Online Courses Menu Properties Menu bar/ Item Name Accelerator Key Shortcut Key PowerTip MicroHelp Text Menu Painter

9. Http://www.applied-software.com © Prasad Bodepudi. All rights reserved. PowerBuilder Online Courses Menu bar/ Item Name ‘Name’ property is used in the script and is never displayed to users. Name is automatically assigned by PowerBuilder and can be changed at development time. Once defined, name is locked and can be unlocked. Menu Painter

10. Http://www.applied-software.com © Prasad Bodepudi. All rights reserved. PowerBuilder Online Courses Accelerator Key Allows users to access menu items using keyboard. Should be used in conjunction with Alt key. Need to use ‘&’ (Ampersand) to define an Accelerator key. Menu Painter

11. Http://www.applied-software.com © Prasad Bodepudi. All rights reserved. PowerBuilder Online Courses Shortcut Key Allows quicker access to menu items than an Accelerator key. This functionality is beneficial to Keyboard users. A shortcut key can be any alphabet with combinations of Shift/Alt/Ctrl keys. Menu Painter

12. Http://www.applied-software.com © Prasad Bodepudi. All rights reserved. PowerBuilder Online Courses PowerTip Is the short length help displayed just below the mouse pointer in yellow color when the mouse moves over a toolbar icon. Feature introduced with version 4.0. A very useful feature when ‘MDI frame’ window is used instead of ‘MDI frame with Micro help’. Menu Painter

13. Http://www.applied-software.com © Prasad Bodepudi. All rights reserved. PowerBuilder Online Courses MicroHelp Is the long length help displayed on the window status bar for each menu bar/item. Can be defined at design time or set at run-time using SetMicroHelp() function. Useful only when ‘MDI frame with MicroHelp’ type window is used. Menu Painter

14. Http://www.applied-software.com © Prasad Bodepudi. All rights reserved. PowerBuilder Online Courses Menu Painter  Menu Types  Menu Properties Questions/Comments? Drop an e-mail at prasad@applied-software.comprasad@applied-software.com The End