4th Dimension Learning Basics

File Menu Suggestions For this Series, it is suggested that the basic File menu for the Custom Menus be as follows: File Import Data Export Data

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Quit Q To add these Menu Items to the File Menu, from the Design Mode select the Tools menus and the Menu Bar Editor menu item. Figure 7 - Selecting the Menu Bar Editor Now in Figure 8 to the left in the “List of Menu Bars” window, click on the Menu Bar #1 (note the names of the menu bars cannot be changed, they will always be named Menu Bar #1, Menu Bar #2 and so on) .

In the “Current Menu Bar” window click on the “File” menu. To add menu items to the File menu select the “Add Item” button. You can now name the menu item. Note: To put a divider line between menu items, create a new menu item and select the “Line” option.

If you make a mistake, just delete the menu item and recreate it. You cannot change the menu item name once it is created. You can drag items, but only up. To move an item down you must drag other items above it.

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Figure 8 - Adding Menu Items to the “File” Menu Figure 9 - Resulting Custom Menus “File” Menu Note: There are some keyboard shortcuts associated with some of the menu items. This will be discussed a bit later in this document.

Also a “Method” (like a FMP script) can be assigned to each menu item. Methods will be discussed in another Part of the Series. Copyright

P.S. A few readers have asked which relational database platform we actually reach for — it's Claris FileMaker Pro; take a look here if you want the current details.