Development Guide

22 FileMaker Pro Advanced Development Guide
The custom menu item is used in Custom Menu Set 1 by default. To see the custom menu item in
FileMaker
Pro:
1. For Default menu set for this file, select Custom Menu Set 1, then click OK to close the Manage Custom
Menus dialog box.
2. Choose the Records menu.
The New Invoice menu item appears at the top of the Records menu.
Creating custom menus
To create a custom menu:
1. Choose File menu > Manage > Custom Menus > Custom Menus tab.
You see the Manage Custom Menus dialog box.
2. Click Create.
3. In the Create Custom Menu dialog box, do one of the following, then click OK:
1 Click Start with an empty menu.
1 Click Start with a standard FileMaker menu, then select a menu from the list.
The Edit Custom Menu dialog box appears.
4. In the Edit Custom Menu dialog box, specify a custom menu name, a comment that describes the menu
(optional), the menu title that you want to display in the menu bar, and the operating system platform and
FileMaker
Pro modes in which the menu is to appear. See Help for more information on these options.
Note The comment appears in the Manage Custom Menus dialog box, not in your solution file.
5. Create custom menu items, as described in the following section.