Quote:I am utilizing part of the code that Bill Halpern published in the December 2004 Inside Sesame newsletter on Creating Custom Menus, Part 1.
I find the following:
1. When you open or preview your application, the custom menu appears but with the Add Data Menu on the left hand side.
Yes. The Custom Menu is opened in Add Data mode. It is just another form.
Quote:2. Two tabs appear at bottom left: Application Menu and Add Data Menu tabs.
Is there a way to shut the Add Data Menu off ? I presume not, otherwise you wouldn't be able to add or search/update.
What do you mean shut it off? You can hide the menu tree.
Quote:What is the purpose of having the App Menu tab at the bottom left when it is rendered non-functional ?
Because it is still functional. If it was not there then @SelectTreeItem() could not be used to open any other forms.
Quote:3. I have programmed a "Backup Application" button but it doesn't seem to work:
Var vMenu as Int
vMenu = @SelectTreeItem("RBA Accounting!Application Utilities!Backup Application")
Double Check your spelling. I just tried it here in the sample Customers.db application and it does bring up the backup application dialog box.
Quote:I was hoping to actually program the button to bring up all Application Utilities options but couldn't get it to work either. I took off the programming to hide this part of the tree but I still can't see it in the App menu tab.
You can program a button to switch to the application menu tab.
-Ray