[Gambas-user] What does ... in a menu name signify?

[Caveat]

It's a 'standard decoration' signifying there's more behind the chosen 
item...or that the item needs user confirmation or additional input on a 
dialogue...

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511502.aspx#ellipses

Kind regards,
Caveat

On 15/01/14 01:20, Bruce wrote:
> For example, in the IDE menu there are lot's of
> them, like File|New Project...
>
> The reason I ask is that the form definition for those types is
> "different" - e.g.
>    {  Menu5 Menu
>       Text = ("Menu5") & "..."
>    }
>
> I first thought that it was simply to remove the "..." from the
> translation strings but I keep thinking why go to all that trouble.
>
> tia
> Bruce
>
> p.s. In our new project someone slipped a conformance clause into the
> requirements without me noticing.  Things like "all toolbuttons shall
> have a tooltip" etc.  I thought that it was going to take days to go
> through all the forms and check nearly every control for conformance.
> Then I had a "good idea" (HAH!) to write a utility to parse the form
> definition file and show all the conformance items, tooltips, shortcuts
> etc. I thought that may take a few hours to build - HAH!  Three days
> later I am still only part way there.
> Essentially it's turning the IDE Properties tab around 90 degrees, i.e.
> a list of the properties of interest for all the controls, menus etc in
> the form. A couple of shots attached.
> Originally I thought it would be possible to add editors to "fix" the
> form definition files directly, avoiding the IDE. HAH! The complexity of
> those files is astonishing!  Is there a defined grammar for it?
>
>
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