MENUITEM()

Purpose

Function to return selected menu item

Syntax

MENUITEM()

See Also

@...MENU, MENU, MENU(), MENU AT, MENU BROWSE, MENU FIELDS, MENU FILES, MENU FROM, MENU QUERY, MENU SCOPE, SET KEY

Description

The MENUITEM() function returns the selected menu item from a previously activated menu as a character string. This function is valid on any of the Recital 4GL menu commands. The MENUITEM() returns the portion of the selected menu item that was displayed in the menu. If no item was selected, MENUITEM() returns a null string.

Example

// UDF to set a filter
function setfilter
  save screen
  menu query command ">"
  m_filter = menuitem()
  set filter to &m_filter
  restore screen
return .T.

Products

Recital