How to dynamically enable or disable a control's runtime shortcut menu?

[Ajay_MV]

Is there a way to do it?  

I need to disable a control's runtime menu while my VI is running and then enable it at other point of time.  All the way, I can make use of the default menu items (Reinitialize to default values, Copy data etc..,) for the control and I don't have any customized menu items.

[GerdW]

Hi Ajay,

as a quick & dirty way you could use a filter event for mouse clicks. When you want to disable the right-click menu you filter the right-click mouse events…

[drjdpowell]

Register for the control's "Shortcut Menu Activation?" filter Event and selectively discard it.

[Ajay_MV]

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@drjdpowell wrote:

Register for the control's "Shortcut Menu Activation?" filter Event and selectively discard it.

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Thanks for the reply.  That will give a bad impression for the end user.  He/she may think like my application doesn't reponse to the available options.  I specifically want to greyout selective options.

[Ajay_MV]

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@GerdW wrote:

Hi Ajay,

as a quick & dirty way you could use a filter event for mouse clicks. When you want to disable the right-click menu you filter the right-click mouse events…

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 Thats nice dirty idea.  But it might give my end-user an impression that my application doesn't respond to the given options.  I specifically want to greyout the right-click menu.

Thanks,

Ajay.

[Phil_]

You can dynamically load different run time short cut menus. ( I use if for language changes)

Maybe you could have your normal menu, and then load an empty menu when you want to get rid of the menu.

Edit: oops, didnt read the question!