SET ABOUT

4D - Documentation   Français   English   German   4th Dimension 2004, Command Theme List   4th Dimension 2004, Command Alphabetical List   4th Dimension 2004, Constant Theme List   Back   Previous   Next

version 2004.4 (Modified)


SET ABOUT (itemText; method)

ParameterTypeDescription
itemTextStringNew About menu item text
methodStringName of method to execute when menu item is chosen

Description

The SET ABOUT command changes the About 4th Dimension menu command in the Help (Windows) or in the Application (Mac OS X) menu to itemText.

After the call, when a user selects this menu command in User or Custom Menus mode, method will be called. Typically, this method can open a dialog box to give version information about your database.

This command is used with 4th Dimension single user, 4D Runtime, 4D Client and 4D Server. A new process is created when it is run on a server machine.

Examples

1. The following example replaces the About 4th Dimension menu command with the About Scheduler menu command. The ABOUT method displays a custom About box:

   SET ABOUT("About Scheduler…"; "ABOUT")

2. The following example resets the About 4th Dimension menu command back to the original About box:

   SET ABOUT("About 4th Dimension®";"")


4D - Documentation   Français   English   German   4th Dimension 2004, Command Theme List   4th Dimension 2004, Command Alphabetical List   4th Dimension 2004, Constant Theme List   Back   Previous   Next