MENU programming steps

Follow this procedure to use the MENU dialog instruction.

To implement a MENU statement:

1. Create a MENU block with a title and write the end of the menu block with the END MENU keywords.
2. Depending on the type of menu rendering you need, add an ATTRIBUTES clause with the required STYLE attribute.
3. List all the options that you want to offer to the end user when the menu executes. Typical CRUD programs will implement "Append", "Modify", "Delete" operations for a given database application entity (customers, orders, items tables). Typical dialog box menus have "Yes" / "No" / "Cancel" options.
4. Whether TUI or GUI mode, define action views (TOPMENU, TOOLBAR or form BUTTON) for each menu action, and use either COMMAND [KEY] or ON ACTION clauses to define the menu options.
5. When the menu is not a pop-up or dialog menu, do not forget to implement an option to leave the menu with the EXIT MENU control instruction.
6. Implement the code to be executed in every option.