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Hands-On 14: Pop
up menu
The user wants you to add more functionality into the application.
On the
"comments" item on the "Customers" tab, when they type their comments, they
are not able to cut, paste, and copy words or lines.
You have been
assigned to add the following functions into the "comments" item in their
application:
"CUT",
"PASTE", and
"COPY."
In this
Hands-On, you will learn how to: create "pop-up" menu, with following
functionality "CUT", "PASTE", and "COPY."
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Save the Form name
as version 14.
Select the "popup
menus" item and click on the "create" icon.
Change the "popup
menu" name to “Editor Tools.”
Double click on its
icon.
Change "new item"
to "Cut" and press the enter key.
Click "create
down," change "new item" to "copy," and press the enter key.
Click "create down"
again, change "new item" to "paste," and press the enter key.
Select "cut,” right
click on it and open it's property palette.
Change “Menu item
Type" to "Magic" and "Magic item" to "Cut."
Close the window.
Do the same for
"copy" and "paste."
Change "Magic item"
to "Copy."
Change "Magic item"
to "Paste."
Close the windows.
Open the comments'
property palette.
Assign
"editor_tools" to "popup menu."
Close the window
Compile and run the
application Form.
Click on “Execute
query.”
Move the cursor to
the "Comments" item and right click on it..
The "popup menu" is
displayed.
These are its
options.
Select a portion of
the text, right click on it, then copy and paste it.
Select a portion of
the text, right click on it and cut the selected text.
Save the changes.
Copy the whole text
and paste it to the “NEXT” record.
Save the
transaction.
Navigate through
the application Form.
After testing the
application, close the window and save the changes.
Now, you should
practice this over and over, until you become a master at it.
Good Luck!
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