MenuBar Needed

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Hi,
Is it possible someone could create an new, empty project, which has a menu item (and it’s handler) called “About” in the ApplicationMenu of the menubar?

I am experiencing a really strange problem which is causing menu bars to disappear. Therefore, I need a menubar created by someone else to test in my project.
I would really appreciate it if someone could do this for me and provide me with a download link - as it is driving me NUTSSSSSSSSSSSS :frowning:

Thank you all in advance.

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Could someone please look at my screenshot provided below, and let me know if this looks correct?

I have a window called Stats1 and have set it to display MenuBar1.
MenuBar1 should contain a menu item called AboutBox in the Application Menu

I have a feeling something is wrong because the menubar which Stats1 displays, does not contain the AboutBox menu item in the Application Menu :frowning:
Screenshot

Thank you all in advance.

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Richard,

Here is a new project with the About ApplicationMenu item and the corresponding handler.

You may want to get some rest, though. Your posts seem a bit overworked :wink:

Here.

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You just beat me to it with the project Michel.
Richard - Are you setting the super of the AboutItem to “AppleMenuItem”? That is the superclass necessary for it to properly display in the application menu. Also it seems you put in a separate menu for the AboutItem - if you want it to be in the application menu then you should just add it to the file menu and use the correct super and it will work.

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Jason,
I had to create a seperate menu, because I deleted the file and edit menus, due to them not being needed.

Michel,
thank you very much for the project file. I will look at it after ai have had a cup of camomile tea to destress me :slight_smile:

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[quote=83538:@Richard Summers]Jason,
I had to create a seperate menu, because I deleted the file and edit menus, due to them not being needed.[/quote]
Ok. Just so you know, the menus can also be hidden by setting their visible property to false in the app.Open event.

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Never knew that.
Thanks.

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[quote=83544:@Richard Summers]Never knew that.
Thanks.[/quote]

Richard, when you manipulate an object or use a command, click on the blue “?” round icon on top of the IDE and read the page corresponding to what you are doing. If you look at the page for MenuItem at http://documentation.xojo.com/index.php/MenuItem , you will notice that the visible property is there, just as it is available for all UI controls.

When you have an issue with a particular aspect of Xojo, most of the time the answer is there. And that will save you a lot of painful trial and error in the dark.