4D v13.4
SET ABOUT
- 4D Language Reference
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- User Interface
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- BEEP
- Caps lock down
- Focus object
- GET FIELD TITLES
- GET MOUSE
- Get platform interface
- GET TABLE TITLES
- HIDE MENU BAR
- HIDE TOOL BAR
- INVERT BACKGROUND
- Macintosh command down
- Macintosh control down
- Macintosh option down
- OBJECT Get name
- OBJECT Get pointer
- PLAY
- Pop up menu
- POST CLICK
- POST EVENT
- POST KEY
- REDRAW
- SET ABOUT
- SET CURSOR
- SET FIELD TITLES
- SET PLATFORM INTERFACE
- SET TABLE TITLES
- Shift down
- SHOW MENU BAR
- SHOW TOOL BAR
- Tool bar height
- Windows Alt down
- Windows Ctrl down
SET ABOUT
| SET ABOUT ( itemText ; method ) | ||||||||
| Parameter | Type | Description | ||||||
| itemText | String |
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New About menu item text | |||||
| method | String |
|
Name of method to execute when menu item is chosen | |||||
The SET ABOUT command changes the About 4D menu command in the Help (Windows) or in the Application (Mac OS X) menu to itemText.
After the call, when a user selects this menu command in Design or Application mode, method will be called. Typically, this method can open a dialog box to give version information about your database.
This command is used with 4D (all modes), 4D Desktop and 4D Server. A new process is created when it is run on a server machine.
The following example replaces the About menu command with the About Scheduler menu command. The ABOUT method displays a custom About box:
SET ABOUT("About Scheduler…";"ABOUT")The following example resets the About 4D menu command:
SET ABOUT("About 4D";"")
Product: 4D
Theme: User Interface
Number:
316
Modified: 4D 2004.4
