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You can create menus, cascading menus, and menu commands on the menu bar in the Menu editor.
Create a cascading (hierarchical) menu
To create a menu on the menu bar
When you start typing, focus automatically shifts to the Menu Item property page, and the text you type appears both in the Caption box and in the Menu editor window.
You can define a mnemonic key that allows the user to select the menu with the keyboard. Type an ampersand (&) in front of a letter to specify it as the mnemonic. Make sure all the mnemonics on a menu bar are unique.
Once you have given the menu a name on the menu bar, the new-item box shifts to the right, and another new-item box opens below for adding menu items.
Note To create a single-item menu on the menu bar, clear the Pop-up check box on the Menu Item property page.
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Select an existing menu item and press the INS key. The new-item box is inserted before the selected item.
You can define a mnemonic key that allows the user to select the menu command. Type an ampersand (&) in front a letter to specify it as the mnemonic. The user can select the menu command by typing that letter.
This creates an entry in the string table with the same resource identifier as the menu item you created.
The new-item box is selected so you can create additional menu items.
To create a cascading (hierarchical) menu
When you start typing, focus automatically shifts to the Menu Item property page, and the text you type appears in the Caption box.
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Select an existing menu item that you want to be the parent item of the cascading menu, and double-click.