RemoveFromMenuBar Method (ActiveX)

Removes the popup menu from the AutoCAD menu bar.

Supported platforms: Windows only

Signature

VBA:

object.RemoveFromMenuBar

object

Type: PopupMenu

The object this method applies to.

Return Value (RetVal)

No return value.

Remarks

No additional remarks.

Examples

VBA:

Sub Example_RemoveFromMenuBar()
    ' This example creates a new menu called TestMenu and inserts a menu item
    ' into it. The menu is then displayed on the menu bar, and then
    ' removed from the menu bar.
    
    Dim currMenuGroup As acadMenuGroup
    Set currMenuGroup = ThisDrawing.Application.MenuGroups.Item(0)
    
    ' Create the new menu
    Dim newMenu As AcadPopupMenu
    Set newMenu = currMenuGroup.Menus.Add("TestMenu")
    
    ' Add a menu item to the new menu
    Dim newMenuItem As AcadPopupMenuItem
    Dim openMacro As String
    ' Assign the macro string the VB equivalent of "ESC ESC _open "
    openMacro = Chr(3) & Chr(3) & Chr(95) & "open" & Chr(32)
    
    Set newMenuItem = newMenu.AddMenuItem(newMenu.count + 1, "Open", openMacro)
    
    ' Display the menu on the menu bar
    newMenu.InsertInMenuBar ThisDrawing.Application.MenuBar.count + 1
    GoSub QUERYMENU
    
    ' Remove the menu from the menu bar
    newMenu.RemoveFromMenuBar
    GoSub QUERYMENU
    Exit Sub
    
QUERYMENU:
    If newMenu.OnMenuBar Then
        MsgBox "The menu called " & newMenu.name & " is on the menu bar."
    Else
        MsgBox "The menu called " & newMenu.name & " is not on the menu bar."
    End If
    Return
        
End Sub

Visual LISP:

(vl-load-com)
(defun c:Example_RemoveFromMenuBar()
    ;; This example creates a new menu called TestMenu and inserts a menu item
    ;; into it. The menu is then displayed on the menu bar, and then
    ;; removed from the menu bar.
    (setq acadObj (vlax-get-acad-object))
    (setq currMenuGroup (vla-Item (vla-get-MenuGroups acadObj) 0))
    
    ;; Create the new menu
    (setq newMenu (vla-Add (vla-get-Menus currMenuGroup) "TestMenu"))
    
    ;; Add a menu item to the new menu
    ;; Assign the macro string the VB equivalent of "ESC ESC _open "
    (setq openMacro (strcat (Chr 3) (Chr 3) (Chr 95) "open" (Chr 32)))
    (setq newMenuItem (vla-AddMenuItem newMenu (1+ (vla-get-Count newMenu)) "Open" openMacro))
    
    ;; Display the menu on the menu bar
    (vla-InsertInMenuBar newMenu (1+ (vla-get-Count (vla-get-MenuBar acadObj))))

    (if (= (vla-get-OnMenuBar newMenu) :vlax-true)
        (alert (strcat "The menu called " (vla-get-Name newMenu) " is on the menu bar."))
        (alert (strcat "The menu called " (vla-get-Name newMenu) " is not on the menu bar."))
    )
    
    ;; Remove the menu from the menu bar
    (vla-RemoveFromMenuBar newMenu)

    (if (= (vla-get-OnMenuBar newMenu) :vlax-true)
        (alert (strcat "The menu called " (vla-get-Name newMenu) " is on the menu bar."))
        (alert (strcat "The menu called " (vla-get-Name newMenu) " is not on the menu bar."))
    )
)