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Q86099: PC Win: MSMAIL.INI Entries in [Custom Menus]

Article: Q86099
Product(s): Microsoft Mail For PC Networks
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0,3.0b,3.2
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 07-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Mail for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0b, 3.2 
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SUMMARY
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This article lists and describes all the entries in the Microsoft Mail for
Windows private profile, MSMAIL.INI, that are contained in the [Custom Menus]
section.

[Custom Menus]

This section may contain any number of entries (within reason). Each entry
specifies a menu name to be added to the Mail menu bar. You can use these menus
to group custom commands and/or messages under a single, distinctive menu item.
This section may appear both in the usual location, MSMAIL.INI in your Windows
directory, and in SHARED.INI in the directory pointed to by the
SharedExtensionsDir entry of MSMAIL.INI. Below is a synopsis of the custom
command entry format, followed by two examples. A description of each subfield
follows. Each entry must occupy a single line. Many subfields are optional.

Custom Command Entry Format
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  tag=version;name;name to follow;status text

  tools=3.2;&Tools;Window;Useful development toys

  Subfield        Description
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  tag             Identifies the command to someone reading the INI file,
                  but serves no other purpose.

  version         Identifies the version of Mail with which the command is
                  compatible; 3.2 is the current version.

  name            The menu name to be added to the menu bar. As usual, you
                  may include an ampersand (&) just before the letter that
                  is to serve as an ALT+<key> accelerator.

  name to follow  Name of an existing menu. The new menu will be added
                  directly after it.

  status text     Text to be displayed in the Mail status bar when the
                  user cursors to the menu.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.00b 3.20 Custom Menus

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMailSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbMail300 kbMail320 kbMail300b
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0b,3.2

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