DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

ANDHRA PRADESH
Name of the faculty: G. Radha
Designation : Lecturer
Branch : CCP
Institute : 026 - SG Govt. Polytechnic, Adilabad
Year / Semester : III Year / V Semester
Subject : Visual Basic – I
Subject Code : CCP - 503
Topic : Understand Menus and Common
dialogue control .
Duration : 50 Mts.
Sub Topic : menus – popup menu , check marks
etc.,
Teaching Aids : Animations & Images
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 Recap

 How to create Shortcut Keys, Access Keys and

Separators for pull down Menus.

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Objectives:
Upon completion of this period, the student will
be able to understand about

 Creating Pop-up Menus.

 Using Check marks in Menus.
 Making Menu Controls Invisible.
 Enabling and disabling Menu Commands.

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 Pop-up Menus

 A Pop-up Menu is a floating Menu, that is displayed

over a Form independent of the Menu Bar.

 Pop-up Menus are also called Context Menus,

because the item displayed on the Pop-up Menu
depend on where the pointer is located, when the right
mouse button is clicked.

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Popup Menu Method

 Any Menu that has at least one sub menu can be

displayed as Pop-up Menu.

 To display a Pop-up Menu, we use the Popup Menu

method.

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Syntax of Pop-up Menu Method

 [form.] PopupMenu MenuName[,Flags[,X[,Y]]] as

Pop-up Menu.
 Menu Name is the Name of the Menu Item for
which Popup Menu is displayed.
 There are three optional arguments to the
PopupMenu method i.e., X,Y and Flags.

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Syntax of Pop-up Menu Method

 We use X and Y arguments to specify the X and Y

coordinates where the Popup Menu is to be
displayed.
 We use Flags parameter to further define the
location and behavior of Pop-up Menu.

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Example of Pop-up Menu

 Any Menu can be displayed as a Pop-up Menu at

run time provided it has at least one Menu Item.

 The following code displays the Colors Menu when

the user clicks right mouse button over the Form at
run time.

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Example of Pop-up Menu

Private Sub Form_MouseDown(Button As Integer, Shift As

Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
If Button = 2 Then
PopupMenu MnuColors
End If
End Sub

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Example of Pop-up Menu

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Using Check Marks

 In some programs we may require check marks

to be placed in the menu items.
 By default a checked property is set to “ FALSE”
 To place a check mark in a menu item, the
checked property is set to “TRUE”

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Example of Check Marks

 The following example code to be entered in the

Form_Load() event, to put a Check Mark in the
Menu Item Red
MnuRed.Checked = True
 The following code to be entered in the
Form_Load() event, to Uncheck the Menu Item
Red
MnuRed.Checked = False

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Example of Check Marks When
Checked

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Example of Check Marks When Un-
Checked

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Enabling and Disabling Menu Commands

 All Menu Commands have an Enabled property,

and when this property is set to False, the Menu is
disabled and does not respond to user action.
 A Disable Menu Control appears grey, like the
Close Menu Item.

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Enabling and Disabling Menu Commands

For Example, the following statement in

Form_Load() procedure disables the Exit menu
item on the File Menu of the Color / Size
program.
MnuExit.Enabled = False

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When Menu Item is Disabled

Disabled

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Enabling and Disabling Menu Commands
 Disabling a Menu Title in effect disables the entire
Menu, since the user can not access any Menu
Item without first clicking the Menu Title.
 For Example, the following code in Form_Load()
procedure disables the Colors Menu of the Color /
Size Program.
MnuColors.Enabled = False

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When Menu Title is Disabled

Disabled

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Making Menu Controls Invisible

 When a Menu Item is disabled by setting Enabled

property of Menu Item to False, then it is dimmed
and can not be selected.
 But it is still Visible and the Menu Items are seen
 To hide a Menu Item completely, use the following
code in Form_Load() procedure of Colors program
to make the MenuItem Exit invisible at Run Time.
MnuExit.Visible = False

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When Menu Item is Invisible

Exit Menu Item

is not Visible

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Making Menu Controls Invisible

 The whole Menu is made invisible by setting

Visible property of the Menu’s Title to False.

 The following code to be entered in the

Form_Load() procedure to make the Colors Menu
invisible.
MnuColors.Visible = False

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When Menu Title is Invisible

Colors Menu
Title is not
Visible

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Summary
 Creating Pop-up Menus.
 Usage of Checkmarks in Menus.
 Enabling and disabling Menu
Commands.
 Making Menu Controls Invisible.

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THANK YOU

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Quiz

• A floating Menu that is displayed over

a Form independent of the Menu Bar is
A) Pop-up Menu
B) Sub Menu
C) Cascading Menu

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2. Check mark can be placed on a Menu
Item using _____ property.
A) Enable
B) Check
C) Visible

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3. The property used to hide the Menu Item
completely is
A) Enable
B) Visible

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is Pop-up Menu ? Write syntax for

creating Pop-up Menu.
2. What is the difference between Enabled
property and Visible property of Menu
Control?
3. What are Check marks in a Menu
Control?

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Assignment

1. Create a menu structure to show the use of

popup menu’s ,checked Menu item

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