The PMENU Procedure

SELECTION Statement

Defines a command that is submitted when an item is selected.

Restriction: Must be used after an ITEM statement

Featured in: Building a Menu Bar for an FSEDIT Application and Creating Menus for a DATA Step Window Application

SELECTION selection 'command-string';

Required Arguments

selection: is the same name specified for the SELECTION= option in a previous ITEM statement.
command-string: is a text string, enclosed in quotes, that is submitted as a command-line command when the user selects this item. There is a limit of 200 characters for command-string. However, the command-line limit of approximately 80 characters cannot be exceeded. The command-line limit differs slightly for various operating environments.

Details
You define the name of the item in the ITEM statement and specify the SELECTION= option to associate the item with a subsequent SELECTION statement. The SELECTION statement then defines the actual command that is submitted when the user chooses the item in the menu bar or pull-down menu.

You are likely to use the SELECTION statement to define a command string. You create a simple alias by using the ITEM statement, which invokes a longer command string that is defined in the SELECTION statement. For example, you could include an item in the menu bar that invokes a WINDOW statement to allow data entry. The actual commands that are processed when the user selects this item are the commands to include and submit the application.

Note: If you are using PROC PMENU to issue any command that is valid only in the PROGRAM EDITOR window (such as the INCLUDE command), you must have the windowing environment running, and you must return control to the PROGRAM EDITOR window. [cautionend]

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Restriction:	Must be used after an ITEM statement
Featured in:	Building a Menu Bar for an FSEDIT Application and Creating Menus for a DATA Step Window Application