ShowMenuHelp

This event is occurs when a menu item is selected.

Syntax

Private Sub object

_ShowMenuHelp(

ByVal mnuItem As CMenuItem, _ ByRef sHelpMessage As String)

Part	Description
object	An object expression that evaluates to an object of VLMenuPlus type.
mnuItem	A CMenuItem object corresponding to the menuitem that needs to be drawn. For details refer to CMenuItem documentation.
sHelpMessage	Help message string that will be displayed on the statusbar. If you want to display a different message, specify a new value for this parameter.

Remarks

Following code snippets shows the use of this event :

Sample 1

Private Sub VLMenuPlus1_ShowMenuHelp(ByVal mnuItem As CMenuItem, _
                     sHelpMessage As String)  


   Select case menuItem.Caption
      Case "Account"
         sHelpMessage = "Opens a new account"
   End Select
End Sub

Sample 2

Private Sub VLMenuPlus1_ShowMenuHelp(ByVal mnuItem As CMenuItem, _
                     sHelpMessage As String)  

   lblStatus.Caption = sHelpMessage
End Sub

As you can see, even for a non-standard statusbar, you need just one line of code to ensure appropriate help message display when a menu item is selected