char-in-menu question

Charles Hartman charles.hartman at conncoll.edu
Sat Aug 13 11:18:27 EDT 2005


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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