Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Progress Dynamics Getting Started

> ## Creating a menu band

> Next you must group the actions together into a band. A band is a set of related actions. You can visualize a band as a submenu (all the items that pop up when you select a top-level menu item) or a set of buttons that appear together in a toolbar. There are four types of bands:

> - MenuBar bands — Define top-level menus.

> - Submenu bands — Define the items under a top-level menu item.

> - Toolbar bands — Define groups of related buttons.

> - Menu & Toolbar bands — Have both visualizations.

> Some bands can contain child bands in a hierarchical manner. Bands can also be reused in multiple OpenEdge SmartToolbars™.

> | To create a band:

> 1. Expand the Bands node to see the four band types.

> 2. Right-click on the Submenu Bands node, and choose Add Band from the pop-up menu. Note that two update pages are created: Band and Band Object, as shown:

> 3. Set the following values on the Band update page:

> Field | Value
> --- | ---
> Band code | oeSubMenuBand
> Description | Order Entry band
> Band type | Submenu
> Item reference used for label | oeSubMenuLabel
> System owned | Unselected

> 4. Choose Save. The Toolbar and Menu Designer should now look something like the following:

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