char-in-menu question

Dennis Brown see3d at writeme.com
Sat Aug 13 11:28:51 EDT 2005


Charles,

In the topics section under menus
I also found it under the Why aren't some characters showing up in my  
menus topic.

Dennis

On Aug 13, 2005, at 11:18 AM, Charles Hartman wrote:

> Thanks -- I knew it would be simple, but I couldn't find it. Where  
> in the docs is that?
>
> Charles
>
>
> On Aug 13, 2005, at 10:59 AM, Dennis Brown wrote:
>
>
>> &&
>> form the docs "To put an & or / character in the text of a menu,  
>> double the characters: && or //."
>>
>> Dennis
>>
>> On Aug 13, 2005, at 9:39 AM, Charles Hartman wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> I need to include an ampersand -- numToChar(38) -- in the text of  
>>> one menuItem associated with a button. I've put it there, and I  
>>> can check it in the message box (put char 10 of the last line of  
>>> text of btn "MyButton") -- but it doesn't show up in the menu  
>>> itself.
>>>
>>> I need a double-quote mark, an ampersand, and another double- 
>>> quote. I just get two double-quotes with nothing in between. How  
>>> do I persuade the ampersand to show up? It doesn't seem to have a  
>>> constant, like "quote". Do I need to insert an escape character  
>>> in the text of the menu item? Which?
>>>
>>> Charles Hartman
>>>
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