Inside Macintosh: Mac OS 8 Toolbox Reference /

Chapter 5 - Menu Manager Reference / Menu Manager Functions

Manipulating and Accessing Menu Item Characteristics /

SetMenuItemCommandID

NEW WITH THE APPEARANCE MANAGER

Sets a menu item's command ID.

pascal OSErr SetMenuItemCommandID (
                     MenuHandle inMenu,
                     SInt16 inItem,
                     UInt32 inCommandID);

inMenu

The handle to the menu structure of the menu item for which you wish to set a command ID.

inItem

An integer representing the item number of the menu item for which you wish to set a command ID.

inCommandID

An integer representing the command ID that you wish to set.

function result

A result code; see "Result Codes".

DISCUSSION

You can use a menu item's command ID as a position-independent method of signalling a specific action in an application.

SEE ALSO

"Appearance Manager Gestalt Selector Constants".

GetMenuItemCommandID.