Framemaker 2017 ESTK Add Custom Menu

[tracey.orso]

Hello,

Can anyone share the new function names for adding a new menu ... and if possible, the name of the View menu.

Thanks,

Tracey

[Russ Ward]

Hi Tracey,

I have a sample here that shows how to add a menu:

FrameMaker ExtendScript Samples - West Street Consulting

Look for script 05.01. For the name of the view menu, I think it is ViewMenu. Below is a function that I use when I need to find a menu or command name. It allows you to enter an optional filter string to narrow the results. If the specified string is a case-insensitive substring of the command label, it is reported, otherwise it is skipped. Since the label of the View menu is "View", I just entered "view". and ran the script to find ViewMenu.

Hope this helps.

Russ

function reportMenusAndCommands()
{
    var filter = prompt ("Filter for the menu/command search?", "(none)", "Menu/command search");
    if(filter == null) return;
    if(filter == "(none)") filter = "";
    var cmd = app.FirstMenuItemInSession;
    while (ov(cmd))
    {
        var cmdLabel =  cmd.Label.replace("&", "").toLowerCase();
        if(filter == "" || cmdLabel.toLowerCase().indexOf(filter) > -1)
        {
            if(!confirm("Command label:      " + cmd.Label 
                + "\nCommand name:     " + cmd.Name
                + "\n\nClick No to abort the search.")) return;
        }
        cmd = cmd.NextMenuItemInSession;
    }
}

[frameexpert]

var viewMenu, cmd;
viewMenu = app.GetNamedMenu ("ViewMenu");
cmd = viewMenu.DefineAndAddCommand (10, "ViewNavigatorPaletteCmd", "View Navigator Palette", "");

This is a simple way to add a single command to the View Menu. Then you need to handle the command when it is invoked. You use the built-in Command function:

function Command (cmd) {
    switch (cmd) {
        case 10 :
            openNavigatorPalette ();
            break;
    }
}

If you only have a single command, you don't need a switch statement, but typically you are handling multiple commands.

-Rick