You can add menu items to the Mail menu bar by putting custom menu entries in the Custom Menus section of your Registry or in the [Custom Menus] section of the SHARED32.INI file (in the directory specified by the SharedExtensionsDir entry in your Registry). The SHARED32.INI file is examined first.
Each entry specifies a menu name to be added to the Mail menu bar. You may use these menus to group custom commands and/or messages under a single menu item. A description follows of the custom menu entry format for the SHARED32.INI file. Each entry must occupy a single line. Many subfields are optional. For information on how to add equivalent entries to your Registry, see Chapter 14, "Registry Value Entries."
tag=version;name;name to follow;status text
For example,
tools=3.0;&Tools;Window;Useful development toys Values are defined in the following table.
Value | Definition |
tag | Identifies the menu to someone reading the .INI file but serves no other purpose. |
version | Identifies the version of Mail in which the command is compatible. |
name | The menu name to be added to the menu bar. As usual, you may include an ampersand (&) just before the letter that is to serve as an ALT+ key accelerator. |
name to follow | Name of an existing menu. The new menu will be added directly before it. |
status text | Text to be displayed in the Mail status bar when the user moves the cursor to the menu. |