Sample Code for Pop-Up Menu Methods

This section illustrates a complete pop-up menu sample program. The source code for a sample Hello application is provided here to demonstrate how to customize a Workplace Shell pop-up menu. The application creates a new class, Hello, from the WPDataFile class with a modified pop-up menu, and then creates an instance of the new class called MyHello. An instance of the Hello class will be just like a WPDataFile object with the following exceptions:

• The Open submenu will have a Say Hello item. MyHello's primary menu will have a Message Box item. The context menu will have the Move item removed. The following figure shows MyHello object and its pop-up menu:

• Selecting the Open Say Hello item or double clicking on the object will cause a window to display the text "Hello, Workplace Shell.", as shown in the following figure:

• Double clicking on the Message Box item will display a message box with information about this example, as shown in the following figure: