Uncategorized question: An ellipsis following an menu item tells you? That the menu can be expanded.
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When it appears in the name of a button or a menu item, an ellipsis character (…) indicates to the user that additional information is required before the associated operation can be performed. The following guidelines and examples will help you decide when to use an ellipsis in menu item and button names.
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I could repeat what's written there, or I could just tell you to read it. One thing I find irritating is when web pages (such as the following: ..... The ellipsis character (...) after a menu item means that the command needs more...
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blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2004/05/17/133181.as...
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An ellipsis after a menu item tells the user that clicking on it will display a window or dialog box, usually a modal What time should you do homework?
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The following are some of my sample projects. See House Rules for the rules pertaining to the use of the code contained herein. The samples are all written in VB5 with Set Default Menu Item_Demo.zip (3KB) This project shows how to set a bolded, default item in a VB menu using the SetMenuItemInfo API function.
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www.mvps.org/vbvision/Sample_Projects.htm
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Like the conventions described so far in this chapter, the following conventions help users to work with menus. Do not place an ellipsis (...) after a menu item that opens a property window.
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java.sun.com/products/jlf/at/book/Menus2.html
java.sun.com/products/jlf/at/book/Menus2.html
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Using Menu-Item Bitmaps The following example shows how to create a class menu for an application, create a window that uses the class menu, and process menu commands in the window procedure.
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msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms647558(VS.85).aspx
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The TD element for each menu item has a class attribute value of "menuNormal". The text within the TD element is contained within an A element. (See A Element | a Object for more information.) The A element specifies a class attribute value /*remove the following line for drop-down menu with images*/ background-color:
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3. Click the "right-arrow" button (shown circled below). A ellipsis (...) will appear as the next item in the menu list, 5. For "Caption", type - (a hyphen), and for "Name", type mnuFileBar1. A single hyphen as the Caption for a menu item tells VB to create a separator bar at that location. Your Menu Editor screen...
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www.vb6.us/tutorials/working-menus-vb6
www.vb6.us/tutorials/working-menus-vb6
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