1wxMenuBar(3)               Erlang Module Definition               wxMenuBar(3)
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NAME

6       wxMenuBar - Functions for wxMenuBar class
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DESCRIPTION

9       A menu bar is a series of menus accessible from the top of a frame.
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11       Remark: To respond to a menu selection, provide a handler for EVT_MENU,
12       in the frame that contains the menu bar.
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14       If you have a toolbar which uses the same identifiers as your  EVT_MENU
15       entries,  events  from  the  toolbar  will  also  be  processed by your
16       EVT_MENU event handlers.
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18       Tip: under Windows, if you discover that menu shortcuts  (for  example,
19       Alt-F to show the file menu) are not working, check any EVT_CHAR events
20       you are handling in child windows. If you are not calling  event.Skip()
21       for  events that you don't process in these event handlers, menu short‐
22       cuts may cease to work.
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24       See: wxMenu, Overview events
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26       This class is derived  (and  can  use  functions)  from:  wxWindow  wx‐
27       EvtHandler
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29       wxWidgets docs: wxMenuBar
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DATA TYPES

32       wxMenuBar() = wx:wx_object()
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EXPORTS

35       new() -> wxMenuBar()
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37              Construct an empty menu bar.
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39       new(Style) -> wxMenuBar()
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41              Types:
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43                 Style = integer()
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45       destroy(This :: wxMenuBar()) -> ok
46
47              Destructor,  destroying  the  menu  bar and removing it from the
48              parent frame (if any).
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50       append(This, Menu, Title) -> boolean()
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52              Types:
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54                 This = wxMenuBar()
55                 Menu = wxMenu:wxMenu()
56                 Title = unicode:chardata()
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58              Adds the item to the end of the menu bar.
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60              Return: true on success, false if an error occurred.
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62              See: insert/4
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64       check(This, Id, Check) -> ok
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66              Types:
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68                 This = wxMenuBar()
69                 Id = integer()
70                 Check = boolean()
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72              Checks or unchecks a menu item.
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74              Remark: Only use this when the menu bar has been associated with
75              a frame; otherwise, use the wxMenu equivalent call.
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77       enable(This, Id, Enable) -> ok
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79              Types:
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81                 This = wxMenuBar()
82                 Id = integer()
83                 Enable = boolean()
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85              Enables or disables (greys out) a menu item.
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87              Remark: Only use this when the menu bar has been associated with
88              a frame; otherwise, use the wxMenu equivalent call.
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90       enableTop(This, Pos, Enable) -> ok
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92              Types:
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94                 This = wxMenuBar()
95                 Pos = integer()
96                 Enable = boolean()
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98              Enables or disables a whole menu.
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100              Remark: Only use this when the menu bar has been associated with
101              a frame.
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103       findMenu(This, Title) -> integer()
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105              Types:
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107                 This = wxMenuBar()
108                 Title = unicode:chardata()
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110              Returns   the  index  of  the  menu  with  the  given  title  or
111              wxNOT_FOUND if no such menu exists in this menubar.
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113              The title parameter may specify either the menu title (with  ac‐
114              celerator  characters,  i.e.  "&File")  or  just  the menu label
115              ("File") indifferently.
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117       findMenuItem(This, MenuString, ItemString) -> integer()
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119              Types:
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121                 This = wxMenuBar()
122                 MenuString = ItemString = unicode:chardata()
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124              Finds the menu item id for a menu name/menu item string pair.
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126              Return: The menu item identifier, or  wxNOT_FOUND  if  none  was
127              found.
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129              Remark:  Any  special  menu codes are stripped out of source and
130              target strings before matching.
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132       findItem(This, Id) -> wxMenuItem:wxMenuItem()
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134              Types:
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136                 This = wxMenuBar()
137                 Id = integer()
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139              Finds the menu item object associated with the given  menu  item
140              identifier.
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142              Return:  The  found  menu  item  object,  or NULL if one was not
143              found.
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145       getHelpString(This, Id) -> unicode:charlist()
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147              Types:
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149                 This = wxMenuBar()
150                 Id = integer()
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152              Gets the help string associated with the menu item identifier.
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154              Return: The help string, or the empty string  if  there  was  no
155              help string or the menu item was not found.
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157              See: setHelpString/3
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159       getLabel(This, Id) -> unicode:charlist()
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161              Types:
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163                 This = wxMenuBar()
164                 Id = integer()
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166              Gets the label associated with a menu item.
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168              Return: The menu item label, or the empty string if the item was
169              not found.
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171              Remark: Use only after the menubar has been  associated  with  a
172              frame.
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174       getLabelTop(This, Pos) -> unicode:charlist()
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176              Types:
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178                 This = wxMenuBar()
179                 Pos = integer()
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181              See: getMenuLabel/2.
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183       getMenuLabel(This, Pos) -> unicode:charlist()
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185              Types:
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187                 This = wxMenuBar()
188                 Pos = integer()
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190              Returns the label of a top-level menu.
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192              Note  that  the returned string includes the accelerator charac‐
193              ters that have been specified in the menu  title  string  during
194              its construction.
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196              Return:  The menu label, or the empty string if the menu was not
197              found.
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199              Remark: Use only after the menubar has been  associated  with  a
200              frame.
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202              See: getMenuLabelText/2, setMenuLabel/3
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204       getMenuLabelText(This, Pos) -> unicode:charlist()
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206              Types:
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208                 This = wxMenuBar()
209                 Pos = integer()
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211              Returns the label of a top-level menu.
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213              Note  that  the returned string does not include any accelerator
214              characters that may have been specified in the menu title string
215              during its construction.
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217              Return:  The menu label, or the empty string if the menu was not
218              found.
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220              Remark: Use only after the menubar has been  associated  with  a
221              frame.
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223              See: getMenuLabel/2, setMenuLabel/3
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225       getMenu(This, MenuIndex) -> wxMenu:wxMenu()
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227              Types:
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229                 This = wxMenuBar()
230                 MenuIndex = integer()
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232              Returns the menu at menuIndex (zero-based).
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234       getMenuCount(This) -> integer()
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236              Types:
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238                 This = wxMenuBar()
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240              Returns the number of menus in this menubar.
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242       insert(This, Pos, Menu, Title) -> boolean()
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244              Types:
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246                 This = wxMenuBar()
247                 Pos = integer()
248                 Menu = wxMenu:wxMenu()
249                 Title = unicode:chardata()
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251              Inserts the menu at the given position into the menu bar.
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253              Inserting  menu  at position 0 will insert it in the very begin‐
254              ning of it, inserting at position getMenuCount/1 is the same  as
255              calling append/3.
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257              Return: true on success, false if an error occurred.
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259              See: append/3
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261       isChecked(This, Id) -> boolean()
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263              Types:
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265                 This = wxMenuBar()
266                 Id = integer()
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268              Determines whether an item is checked.
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270              Return:  true if the item was found and is checked, false other‐
271              wise.
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273       setAutoWindowMenu(Enable) -> ok
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275              Types:
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277                 Enable = boolean()
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279       getAutoWindowMenu() -> boolean()
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281       oSXGetAppleMenu(This) -> wxMenu:wxMenu()
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283              Types:
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285                 This = wxMenuBar()
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287              Returns the Apple menu.
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289              This is the leftmost menu with application's name as its  title.
290              You shouldn't remove any items from it, but it is safe to insert
291              extra menu items or submenus into it.
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293              Only for:wxosx
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295              Since: 3.0.1
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297       macGetCommonMenuBar() -> wxMenuBar()
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299              Enables you to get the global  menubar  on  Mac,  that  is,  the
300              menubar  displayed  when  the  app is running without any frames
301              open.
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303              Return: The global menubar.
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305              Remark: Only exists on Mac, other platforms  do  not  have  this
306              method.
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308              Only for:wxosx
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310       macSetCommonMenuBar(Menubar) -> ok
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312              Types:
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314                 Menubar = wxMenuBar()
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316              Enables  you  to  set  the  global  menubar on Mac, that is, the
317              menubar displayed when the app is  running  without  any  frames
318              open.
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320              Remark:  Only  exists  on  Mac, other platforms do not have this
321              method.
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323              Only for:wxosx
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325       isEnabled(This, Id) -> boolean()
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327              Types:
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329                 This = wxMenuBar()
330                 Id = integer()
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332              Determines whether an item is enabled.
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334              Return: true if the item was found and is enabled, false  other‐
335              wise.
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337       remove(This, Pos) -> wxMenu:wxMenu()
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339              Types:
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341                 This = wxMenuBar()
342                 Pos = integer()
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344              Removes the menu from the menu bar and returns the menu object -
345              the caller is responsible for deleting it.
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347              This function may be used together with insert/4 to  change  the
348              menubar dynamically.
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350              See: replace/4
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352       replace(This, Pos, Menu, Title) -> wxMenu:wxMenu()
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354              Types:
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356                 This = wxMenuBar()
357                 Pos = integer()
358                 Menu = wxMenu:wxMenu()
359                 Title = unicode:chardata()
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361              Replaces the menu at the given position with another one.
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363              Return:  The  menu  which  was  previously  at position pos. The
364              caller is responsible for deleting it.
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366              See: insert/4, remove/2
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368       setHelpString(This, Id, HelpString) -> ok
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370              Types:
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372                 This = wxMenuBar()
373                 Id = integer()
374                 HelpString = unicode:chardata()
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376              Sets the help string associated with a menu item.
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378              See: getHelpString/2
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380       setLabel(This, Id, Label) -> ok
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382              Types:
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384                 This = wxMenuBar()
385                 Id = integer()
386                 Label = unicode:chardata()
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388              Sets the label of a menu item.
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390              Remark: Use only after the menubar has been  associated  with  a
391              frame.
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393              See: getLabel/2
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395       setLabelTop(This, Pos, Label) -> ok
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397              Types:
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399                 This = wxMenuBar()
400                 Pos = integer()
401                 Label = unicode:chardata()
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403              See: setMenuLabel/3.
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405       setMenuLabel(This, Pos, Label) -> ok
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407              Types:
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409                 This = wxMenuBar()
410                 Pos = integer()
411                 Label = unicode:chardata()
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413              Sets the label of a top-level menu.
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415              Remark:  Use  only  after the menubar has been associated with a
416              frame.
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