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Menu bar editor

  • US 5,530,796 A
  • Filed: 09/30/1994
  • Issued: 06/25/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer implemented method for designing and defining a menu bar for a computer application program, comprising the steps of:

  • displaying an application builder icon;

    displaying a tool box in response to the selecting of the application builder icon, said tool box having a menu bar icon;

    displaying a blank menu bar on the computer screen with positions for menu items in response to the selecting of the menu bar icon;

    in an edit mode, prompting a user to directly input text for each menu item at corresponding ones of said positions to thereby define menu items in said menu bar;

    responding to a user selection of a defined menu item in the menu bar by opening a pull down menu on the computer screen below the selected menu item;

    prompting the user to directly input at least one menu item in the opened pull down menu to thereby define a menu item in the pull down menu;

    responding to a user selection of a defined menu item in an opened pull down menu by opening a cascade menu on the computer screen adjacent the selected menu item;

    prompting the user to directly input at least one menu item in the opened cascaded menu to thereby define a menu item in the cascade menu;

    in a run mode, displaying a property window; and

    for each lowest level menu item in a pull down menu or a cascade menu, prompting the user to directly input a name of a defined action of the menu item.

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