Writing Code for Menu Controls

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When the user chooses a menu control, a Click event occurs. You need to write a Click event procedure in code for each menu control. All menu controls except separator bars (and disabled or invisible menu controls) recognize the Click event.

The code that you write in a menu event procedure is no different than that which you would write in any other control's event procedure. For example, the code in a File, Close menu's Click event might look like this:

Sub mnuFileClose_Click()
   Unload Me
End Sub

Visual Basic displays a menu automatically when the menu title is chosen; therefore, it is not necessary to write code for a menu title's Click event procedure unless you want to perform another action, such as disabling certain menu items each time the menu is displayed.

Note   At design time, the menus you create are displayed on the form when you close the Menu Editor. Choosing a menu item on the form displays the Click event procedure for that menu control.