4D v13.4Managing menu bars |
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4D v13.4
Managing menu bars
Managing menu bars
4D lets you associate a custom splash screen picture with each menu bar and to preview this menu bar at any time. You can enhance the appearance of each menu bar by associating a custom splash screen with it. The window containing the splash screen is displayed below the menu bar when it appears. It can contain a logo or any type of picture. By default, 4D displays the 4D logo in the splash screen: A custom splash screen picture can come from any graphic application. 4D lets you paste a clipboard picture, use a picture from the library or use any picture present on your hard disk. Any standard picture format supported by 4D can be used. To modify the splash screen picture:
You can view the final result by testing the menu bar (see the following section). In Application mode, the picture is displayed in the splash screen with the “Truncated (Centered)” type format. Note: You can choose whether to display or hide this window in the Database Settings (see “User” in Interface page ). To remove the custom picture and display the default one instead, click on the Clear button or click in the “Background Image” area and choose Clear in the pop-up menu. The Menu Bar editor lets you view the custom menus and splash screen at any time, without closing the tool box window. To do so, simply select the menu bar and choose Test the menu bar “Menu Bar #X” in the context menu or the options menu of the editor. 4D displays a preview of the menu bar as well as the splash screen. Note that this preview does not let you view any toolbar that may have been associated with the custom menus. Menu bars provide the major interface for custom applications. For each custom application, you must create at least one menu bar with at least one menu. See Building a 4D Application in the 4D Language Reference manual for more information about creating custom applications. You can create menu bars for the Application environment regardless of whether you are creating a custom application or simply creating menus for use in the Application environment. By default, Menu Bar #1 is the menu bar displayed in the Application environment. You can change which menu bar is displayed using the SET MENU BAR command. If you define a menu command without assigning it a method, choosing that menu command exits the Application environment and returns to the Design mode (if access to this mode is allowed). If you are using the application with 4D Desktop, leaving the Application environment causes you to exit the application. If you are using the full 4D application, a password access system can be set up to control where each user is placed after leaving the Application environment. In fact, you can define an access group for the Design Environment in the Database Settings dialog box (see Giving users Design environment access). |
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