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2. In the Custom Menu Name field, type Invoices . Also type Invoices in the Over-
ride Title field .
Since you started with an empty menu, FileMaker assumes you want a custom name.
If you don't type a name, then, in your menu bar, the word “Untitled” appears.
3. Next to “Include in mode” uncheck Find and Preview .
You don't want your scripts run from either Find or Preview modes, so by telling the
menu not to even show up in those modes, you're adding another layer of security.
4. Click the Create button .
In the set of options that appears to the right, confirm that Menu Item Type is set to
Command.
5. Turn on the Item Name checkbox and then type Create invoice for unbilled ex-
penses . Turn on the Action checkbox .
The Specify Script Step dialog box appears.
6. Select Perform Script and then click Specify. Select the script named “Create In-
voice for Job,” and then click OK. Click OK once more to close the Specify
Script Step dialog box .
To add more commands to this menu, repeat the last three steps until you've created a
new menu command for each script you want to make available. The arrows to the
left of each item let you rearrange them.
To add a divider line between groups of menu commands, click Create and then set
the Menu Item Type to Separator.
7. When you've created all the commands you wish to include in your new Invoices
menu, click OK .
You have to include your shiny new Invoices menu in a custom menu set in order to
use it.
8. In the Manage Custom Menus dialog box, click the Custom Menu Sets tab.
Select “Custom Menu Set 1” in the list and then click Edit .
The Edit Custom Menu Set window appears.
9. Click Add. Down at the bottom of the menu list, you'll find Invoices ( Fig-
ure 13-21 ) . Click it and then click Select .
“Invoices” appears at the bottom of the Custom Menu Set menu list.
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