TMenu

type TMenu = class(TLCLComponent)

  class procedure WSRegisterClass; override;

WSRegisterClass - Register this Class for the current Widget Set

protected

  procedure BidiModeChanged; virtual;

BidiModeChanged - method for dealing with changed Bi-directional mode

  procedure CreateHandle; virtual;

CreateHandle - method for creating handle

  procedure DoChange(); virtual;

DoChange - perform the OnChange event, completely rebuilding the Source menuitem if Rebuild is true

  function GetHandle; virtual;

GetHandle - returns the handle for this Menu

  procedure GetChildren(); override;

  procedure MenuChanged(); virtual;

MenuChanged - method to signal that a menu has been changed

  procedure Notification(); override;

  procedure ParentBidiModeChanged();

ParentBidiModeChanged - procedure to deal with a change in the Parent Bi-directional mode

  procedure SetChildOrder(); override;

  procedure UpdateItems;

UpdateItems - implement all pending changes to Items

  property OnChange: TMenuChangeEvent; [rw]

OnChange - event handler for a change to the menu

public

  FCompStyle: LongInt;

FCompStyle - local variable holding value of CompStyle

  constructor Create(); override;

Create - constructor for TMenu: creates menuitems and links, sets some defaults then calls inherited Create

  destructor Destroy; override;

Destroy - destructor for TMenu: frees items and links, then calls inherited Destroy

  procedure DestroyHandle; virtual;

DestroyHandle - method for destroying handle

  function FindItem();

FindItem - returns the menuitem corresponding to the supplied value or kind

  function GetHelpContext();

  function IsShortcut();

IsShortcut - returns True if the specified message key represents a shortcut

  function HandleAllocated;

HandleAllocated - returns True if a handle has been allocated

  function IsRightToLeft; virtual;

IsRightToLeft - returns True if Right to Left mode is being used (eg for Hebrew or Arabic languages)

  function UseRightToLeftAlignment; virtual;

UseRightToLeftAlignment - returns True if Right-Left alignment is being used

  function UseRightToLeftReading; virtual;

UseRightToLeftReading - returns True if reading from Right to Left

  procedure HandleNeeded;

HandleNeeded - method to signal that a handle is required

  function DispatchCommand();

DispatchCommand - returns True if the supplied command is a dispatch command

  property Handle: HMENU; [r]

Handle - the Operating System Handle for this Menu

  property Parent: TComponent; [rw]

The Parent component for this Menu

  property ShortcutHandled: Boolean; [rw]

ShortcutHandled - if True, the shortcut for the menu is properly handled

published

  property BidiMode: TBidiMode; [rws]

BidiMode - whether Bi-directional mode is implemented, allowing use with languages like Arabic or Hebrew

  property ParentBidiMode: Boolean; [rw]

ParentBidiMode - the BidiMode of the parent

  property Items: TMenuItem; [r]

Items - a list of Menu Items to be included in the menu display

  property Images: TCustomImageList; [rw]

Images - a list of images from which entries can be selected to illustrate menu choices

end;

TMenu

TMenu : The base class for all menus

TLCLComponent

TLCLComponent - base class for LCL components

TComponent,IUnknown,IInterfaceComponentReference

TPersistent

TObject

HowToUseMenus

HowToUseMenus - hints for creating Menus for your Forms

TMainMenu

TMainMenu - the Main Menu that appears at the top of most windows

TPopupMenu

TPopupMenu - a menu panel that pops up on the desktop when the right mouse button is clicked

TMenuItem

TMenuItem - The base structure of each item in a Menu.