Creating and editing custom menu sets (FileMaker Pro Advanced)
You can create custom menu sets to include the menus you require. You can then specify a menu set for the file and for individual layouts.
You can create a new menu set or edit or duplicate an existing one. You can also delete menu sets that your users will not need.
Important  Duplicating a custom menu set creates a copy of the menu set and references the same custom menus as the original menu set. It does not duplicate the custom menus. If you change a menu item, you change the menu for all menu sets in which the menu is included.
To create, edit, duplicate, or delete menu sets:
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Choose File menu > Manage > Custom Menus > Custom Menu Sets tab.
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Click Create.
For View by, choose menu set name, custom order (which you create by dragging items in the list), or creation order.
Tip  You can also click the Menu Set Name column heading to sort the list alphabetically by name.
List the menus in each menu set or display comments describing the menu sets
Click the Menus/Comments column heading.
If you selected Create or Edit, you see the Edit Menu Set dialog box.
 
For Menu Set Name, enter a descriptive name for the menu set (up to 100 characters).
For Comment, enter a comment about the menu set (up to 30,000 characters). The comment appears in the Custom Menu Sets tab in the Manage Custom Menus dialog box.
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Click Add, do one of the following in the Select Menu dialog box, then click Select:
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Click + to create a new menu. For more information, see Defining custom menus (FileMaker Pro Advanced).
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Click to remove a custom menu in the Select Menu dialog box. Default FileMaker Pro menus shown in brackets [ ] in the Select Menu dialog box cannot be removed from the list.
Note  You can Shift-click, or Ctrl+click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) additional menus to add multiple menus to the menu set.
Tip  You can double-click a menu to display the Edit Custom Menu dialog box, then edit the menu.
Note  Standard FileMaker Menus (shown in brackets [ ]) cannot be edited.
Drag an arrow Open/Close Data Viewer button up or down to change the order of the menus in the list.
Each time you switch layouts, FileMaker Pro installs the menu set specified in the Menu Set option in the Layout Setup dialog box.
In FileMaker Pro Advanced, you can temporarily switch menu sets or restore standard FileMaker menus using the Tools menu, which is always added to the menu bar. This is helpful for testing menu sets.
To temporarily switch menu sets:
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In FileMaker Pro Advanced, choose Tools menu > Custom Menus.
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Notes
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Mac OS:
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If you do not include a Help menu in your menu set, the operating system will install an empty Help menu. You cannot remove this menu, change its position on the menu bar, or change its title.
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The FileMaker Pro menu is added after the Apple menu. You cannot customize the Quit or Preferences menu items. You can only customize the About FileMaker Pro menu item.
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Test all menus and menu items on both platforms for each user account. Be sure that all necessary menus and menu items are available so that users can perform their tasks.
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Either be sure users can always access the View menu, or provide a method (like buttons) to switch between Browse, Find, and Preview modes.
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You can use Get(CustomMenuSetName) to check for the name of the active custom menu set. You can also use the Get(LastError) function to check for missing menu sets. Check the status of the Get(LastError) function after performing the Install Menu Set script step. If a menu set is missing, the function will return error 115. For more information, see Get(CustomMenuSetName) and Get(LastError).