ON PAD Command

Specifies the menu or menu bar that is activated when you choose a specific menu title.

ON PAD MenuTitleName OF MenuBarName1   [ACTIVATE POPUP MenuName
   | ACTIVATE MENU MenuBarName2

Parameters

  • MenuTitleName OF MenuBarName1
    Specifies the menu title to which a menu or menu bar is assigned.

  • ACTIVATE POPUP MenuName
    Specifies the menu to activate when the menu title is chosen. Use ON PAD MenuTitleName OF MenuBarName1 without ACTIVATE POPUP to release a menu from a menu title.

    If you specify the system menu bar _MSYSMENU for MenuBarName1, MenuName cannot specify a menu that is created with the DEFINE POPUP PROMPT clause.

  • ACTIVATE MENU MenuBarName2
    Specifies the name of the menu bar to activate when the menu title is chosen. Use ON PAD MenuTitleName OF MenuBarName1 without ACTIVATE MENU to release a menu bar from a menu name.

Remarks

Use ON SELECTION PAD to execute a command when a menu title is chosen.

See Also

ACTIVATE MENU | DEFINE MENU | ON SELECTION MENU | ON SELECTION PAD