Using Menus in Your Application

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Many simple applications consist of one form and several controls, but you can enhance your Visual Basic applications by adding menus. This section shows you how to create menus and use them in an application.

• Creating Menus with the Menu Editor   How to use the Menu Editor.
  
  
• Menu Title and Naming Guidelines   A discussion of naming conventions.
  
  
• Creating Submenus   A discussion of submenus.
  
  
• Creating a Menu Control Array   Using arrays to eliminate redundant menu code.
  
  
• Creating and Modifying Menus at Run Time   Techniques for working with menus.
  
  
• Writing Code for Menu Controls   A discussion of coding techniques for menus.
  
  
• Displaying Pop-up Menus   Techniques for working with pop-up menus.
  
  
• Menus in MDI Applications   A discussion of MDI menu techniques.