Program:   Superbase
Version:   2.0
Topic:     Superbase Menu Bar
Date:      January 8, 1993


Summary:   This technote explains how to create a customized
menu bar and how to get back to the Superbase default menu.

To create a customized menu

Superbase has a standard menu bar that displays when you
start Superbase.  However, you can customize this menu bar
so that it displays only the items that interest you.  Do
this by selecting File/Modify/Menu.  This brings up the
Superbase Menu Editor dialog box where you can make
modifications to the current menu bar.  You should maximize
the Menu Editor dialog box to avoid confusion among
different menu bars.

Let's say, you want to restrict your users from changing the
printer set up options.  To remove the Print Setup option
from the File menu, follow the steps below:

1. In the Menu Editor dialog box, select the item File/
   Print Setup from the current menu bar.

2. To remove the Print Setup option, select Edit/Cut from
   the menu bar for the Menu Editor (the one on the top with
   four menu options).

3. To apply this change in the current Superbase session,
   select File/Use as current from the menu bar for the Menu
   Editor.

4. Exit the Menu Editor by selecting File/Exit.

5. The Menu Editor allows you to save at this point.
   However, you may choose not to save if you want to use
   the modified menu bar only for the current session.

6. To see if the current session of Superbase reflects the
   change, verify that the Print Setup option is not
   available under the File menu.

In the Menu editor, the commands under the Edit menu and
Menu Items affect the selected item.  For example, in step
2, Edit/Cut removes an item from the menu and places it on
the Clipboard.  You can then Edit/Paste the item in a
different place on the menu.  Edit/Delete removes the item
from the menu without copying it to the Clipboard.

The  Menu Items/Properties defines the various properties
associated with the menu option.  Refer to Chapter 4 on
Creating an application in the "Developing Applications"
manual for more information.

The customized menu options can be saved as a program file
to be used in your application.  If you want to store the
customized menu as the default menu, then save it with the
name MNSTART.SBP.  This enables you to use the customized
menu as the start up menu.  This program file should be
stored either in the directory where the Superbase program
files are stored or the directory you have designated as the
start directory in the System Options dialog box.

To use the Superbase default menu

Open the Superbase Menu Editor by selecting
File/Modify/Menu.  Under the Menu Editor, select File/Get
Default.  To apply the changes to the working session, make
it the current menu by selecting File/Use as current.  Now
exit the Menu editor and verify  the changes.

If File/Modify sub menu is unavailable, then you are not
able to open the Menu Editor dialog box  to do any
modifications.  This could happen for  two reasons:

1. The user might have deleted this option and set it as the
   current menu.
2. The user might have deliberately deleted this option and
   stored it as MNSTART.SBP.

If you deleted this option for the current session then to
get back the default menu, select File/Exit and restart
Superbase.

If the menu program is stored as MNSTART.SBP exit Superbase,
delete the MNSTART.SBP file and restart Superbase.