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EA_MenuClick

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Topic	Detail	See Also
Details	EA_MenuClick events are received by an Add-In in response to user selection of a menu option. The event is raised when the user clicks on a particular menu option. When a user clicks on one of your non-parent menu options, your Add-In receives a MenuClick event, defined as follows: Sub EA_MenuClick(Repository As EA.Repository, ByVal MenuName As String, ByVal ItemName As String) The code below illustrates an example of use: If MenuName = "-&Diagram" And ItemName = "&Properties" then MsgBox Repository.GetCurrentDiagram.Name, vbInformation Else MsgBox "Not Implemented", vbCritical End If Notice that your code can directly access Enterprise Architect data and UI elements using Repository methods. Also look at EA_GetMenuItems.	Repository EA_GetMenuItems

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Details

EA_MenuClick events are received by an Add-In in response to user selection of a menu option.

The event is raised when the user clicks on a particular menu option. When a user clicks on one of your non-parent menu options, your Add-In receives a MenuClick event, defined as follows:

Sub EA_MenuClick(Repository As EA.Repository, ByVal MenuName As String, ByVal ItemName As String)

The code below illustrates an example of use:

If MenuName = "-&Diagram" And ItemName = "&Properties" then

MsgBox Repository.GetCurrentDiagram.Name, vbInformation

Else

MsgBox "Not Implemented", vbCritical

End If

Notice that your code can directly access Enterprise Architect data and UI elements using Repository methods.

Also look at EA_GetMenuItems.

Repository

EA_GetMenuItems

Syntax

Sub EA_MenuClick(Repository As EA.Repository, MenuLocation As String, MenuName As String, ItemName As String)

The EA_GetMenuClick function syntax has the following elements:

Parameter	Type	Direction	Description
ItemName	String		The name of the option actually clicked, for example, Create a New Invoice.
MenuName	String		The name of the parent menu for which sub-items are to be defined. In the case of the top-level menu it is an empty string.
Repository	EA.Repository	IN	An EA.Repository object representing the currently open Enterprise Architect model. Poll its members to retrieve model data and user interface status information.

Return Value

None.