popupMenu(menu: MenuItem; x: Integer; y: Integer);
The popupMenu method of the Form class invokes a popup menu for the form.
The parameters of the popupMenu method are listed in the following table.
Parameter | Description |
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menu | An existing popup menu item of the menu of the form |
x | The left position to display the popup menu |
y | The top position to display the popup menu |
The menu item must be part of the menu of the form and must have subitems. The submenu does not need to be visible in the current form menu. The menu
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The popupMenu method cannot be invoked from a server method.
The popupMenu method can be invoked when the user clicks the right mouse button, as shown in the methods in the following examples.
theTable_mouseDown(table: Table input; button: Integer; shift: Integer; x, y: Real) updating; // left button - go into drag mode // right button - popup menu of table columns begin xColSave := convertPositionToColumn(x); yRowSave := convertPositionToRow(y); if xColSave <> 0 and yRowSave <> 0 then if theTable.row = 1 then if button = Window.MouseButton_Left then table.dragMode := DragMode_Drag; else popupMenu(mPopupColumnList, (x + tableGroup.left + table.left).Integer, (y + tableGroup.top + table.top).Integer); endif; endif; endif; end; table1_mouseDown(table: Table input; button, shift: Integer; x, y: Real) updating; begin if button = Window.MouseButton_Left then dragMode := DragMode_Drag; else popupMenu(menuItemAction, x.Integer, y.Integer); endif; selectedColumn := table.column; end;
For more details, see "Windows Events and JADE Events", later in this document.