Menu Selection (App) Event
Installed With: Full Development System
Class: VI Events
Type: Notify
Generated when the user selects an application item from the LabVIEW menu, such as Help»Show Context Help. Use the Menu Selection (User) event to generate an event when the user selects a user-defined menu item.
Event Data Fields
| Name | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Source | Source of the event. LabVIEW UI refers to any built-in user interface event.
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| Type | Type of event that occurred, such as Mouse Down, Value Change, Timeout, and so on. | ||
| Time | Value of the millisecond timer when the event occurred. | ||
| VIRef | Reference to the VI on which this event occurred. | ||
| MenuRef | Reference to the LabVIEW menu from which an item was selected. | ||
| ItemTag | Name of the menu item the user selected, such as APP_SHOW_HELP. | ||
| ItemPath | Path of the LabVIEW menu item the user selected, such as APP_HELP:SHOW_APP_HELP. Components are separated by colons. |