char-in-menu question

Dennis Brown see3d at writeme.com
Sat Aug 13 10:59:23 EDT 2005


&&
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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