This document covers the following topics:
Collection of the available frame menus.
Frame menus must have a consistent layout throughout an application. It is therefore not useful for a Natural Studio plug-in to create arbitrary frame menus at will. The best approach for a plug-in is
thinking about the document types it is going to represent in document windows;
specifying a frame menu for each of these types;
creating these frame menus as clones of the default frame menu for plug-ins;
extending them in order to cover the needs of the document type, in a manner consistent with the document-specific frame menus in Natural Studio.
The following properties are available:
Used to navigate to the parent interface of this interface.
| Natural Data Format | Variant Type | Remark |
|---|---|---|
| HANDLE OF OBJECT | VT_DISPATCH (INatAutoControlBars) | Get only |
Used to navigate to the root interface.
| Natural Data Format | Variant Type | Remark |
|---|---|---|
| HANDLE OF OBJECT | VT_DISPATCH (INatAutoStudio) | Get only |
The number available frame menus.
| Natural Data Format | Variant Type | Remark |
|---|---|---|
| I4 | VT_I4 | Get only |
The following methods are available:
Creates a new frame menu and adds it to the collection. Dynamically created frame menus are not persistently customizable in the Customize dialog.
| Name | Natural Data Format | Variant Type | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return value | HANDLE OF OBJECT | VT_DISPATCH (INatAutoFrameMenu) | |
| Caption | A | VT_BSTR |
The newly added frame menu.
A string used to identify the frame menu.
Creates a new frame menu as a copy of an existing frame menu and adds it to the collection. Dynamically created frame menus are not persistently customizable in the Customize dialog.
| Name | Natural Data Format | Variant Type | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return value | HANDLE OF OBJECT | VT_DISPATCH (INatAutoFrameMenu) | |
| Caption | A | VT_BSTR | |
| Index |
I4 |
VT_I4 |
Optional |
The newly added frame menu.
A string used to identify the frame menu.
Identifies the frame menu to be cloned. This can be either the index of the frame menu in the collection (a value between 1 and Count) or the caption of the frame menu (as indicated in the Customize dialog). If this parameter is omitted, the built-in frame menu Plug-in MDI View is cloned.
Returns a specific frame menu from the collection. Used to iterate through the collection.
| Name | Natural Data Format | Variant Type | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return value | HANDLE OF OBJECT | VT_DISPATCH (INatAutoFrameMenu) | |
| Index |
I4 |
VT_I4 |
The frame menu identified by the value specified in Index.
Identifies a specific frame menu in the collection. This can be either the index of the frame menu in the collection (a value between 1 and Count) or the caption of the frame menu (as indicated in the Customize dialog).
