Menu commands make menus more flexible and dynamic. As with regular commands, menu commands can be used to perform almost any kind of edit to the current document, other open documents, or any HTML document on a local drive. The Menu Commands API expands the regular command API to accomplish several tasks that are related to displaying and calling the command from the menu system.
Note: Because menu commands are directly related to the menu system in , you should read “Customizing ,” in Using before continuing in this chapter.
Menu commands are HTML files that are referenced in the file attribute of a menuitem tag in the menus.xml file. The BODY of a Menu Commands file can contain an HTML form that accepts options for the command (for example, how a table should be sorted and by which column). The HEAD of a Menu Commands file contains JavaScript functions that process form input from the BODY and control the edits that are made to the user's document.
Menu commands are stored in the Configuration/Menus folder inside the application folder.
Note: If you add custom menu commands to , add them at the top level of the Menus folder or create a subfolder. The MM folder is reserved for the menu commands that come with .
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