* "MenuItem" (single word) is the correct way to refer to a menu item in a
HyperTalk script.
* Menu items may be referred to by name or number. Names must be exact.
For example, in the standard HyperCard menus, menuItem 1 of menu "File"
is "New Stack..." . The three periods must be used in the name when
referring to this menuItem.
NOTE: Although all standard menu items with three dots use simple
periods, try an ellipsis (Option-semicolon) if your menuItem command fails.)
To refer to a menu item by number, count the first menu item as 1, and be
sure to count menu separators (--------------) as you would any other menu
item. (menuItem 4 of menu "File" is "-----------------")
* In the Style menu, the "9" (for point size) is actually " 9" --
that's TWO spaces in front of the nine. So to reference point size 9
from the Style menu, the script needs to do something like doMenu " 9".
If you omit the leading space ("9"), HyperCard will be unable to
identify the menu item.
This article is adapted from the Claris Tech Info database.