Chapter 7. Creating Menus
Menus are a common feature in almost every application. They provide access to application functionality without cluttering the main program window (although it is possible, and sometimes normal, to duplicate some functionality in menus and utility windows). Creating all sorts of menus in your AIR application is straightforward enough, and you’ll learn everything you need to know in this chapter.
The chapter begins with a discussion of the basic terminology, which is mostly a matter of the types of menus that exist. You’ll learn how to create menus, and then how to tie events to the menu items (so that selecting an option does something). Part of the point of AIR is to generate cross-platform applications, so you’ll also ...
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