Chapter 4 Managing Profiles

Creating a menu

You can create contextual menus that will appear when you right-click an item in the Browser or a symbol in a diagram. Contextual menus can be defined on any metaclass.

You can also create submenus in a model or diagram metaclass in order to add submenus to the following PowerDesigner menus:

• File→Export
• Tools
• Help

To create a menu:

1. Right-click a metaclass, a stereotype or a criterion and select New→Menu.
   
   A menu is created.
2. Type a name in the Name box.
3. (optional) Type a comment in the Comment box.
4. <for model and diagram metaclasses only> Select the menu location in the Location list.
5. Click the Add Commands from Methods and Transformations tool in the Menu tab.
   
   A selection dialog box is displayed.
6. Select one or several items and click OK.
   
   The commands are added to the menu. Each command is displayed on a separate line, it displays a caption text and the name of the method or transformation.
7. Edit the caption text to adapt it to the interface.
   
   
   
      Reminder
   Command methods or transformations are not synchronized with method or transformation definition.
   
   
8. Click Apply.

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