# SetCtrlMenuAttribute

int SetCtrlMenuAttribute (int panelHandle, int controlID, int menuItemID, int ctrlMenuAttribute, ...);

## Purpose

Sets the value of the specified control menu attribute.

## Parameters

Input
Name | Type | Description
panelHandle | integer | Specifier for a particular panel that is currently in memory. You obtain this handle from LoadPanel, NewPanel, or DuplicatePanel.
controlID | integer | The defined constant, located in the .uir header file, that you assigned to the control in the User Interface Editor, or the ID returned by NewCtrl or DuplicateCtrl.
menuItemID | integer | The ID used to reference this menu item. The menuItemID is returned by the NewCtrlMenuItem or NewCtrlMenuSeparator functions.
controlMenuAttribute | integer | The control menu attribute value to set. In the function panel, when you click the control or press <Enter>, <Spacebar>, or <Ctrl-down arrow>, a dialog box appears containing a hierarchical list of the available attributes. Attributes whose values cannot be obtained are dimmed. Help is shown for each attribute. Select an attribute by double-clicking it or by selecting it and then pressing <Enter>. If the attribute shown in this ring control has named constants as valid values, you can open a list of them by moving to the Attribute Value control and pressing <Enter>. If there is a value shown in the bottom half of the Attribute Value control, the corresponding named constant is marked in the displayed list.
controlMenuAttribute | integer | The value to which to set the control menu attribute. If the attribute shown in this control has named constants as valid values, you can open a list of them by pressing <Enter>. The Attribute Values dialog box displays the values and value help for the constants.

## Return Value

Name | Type | Description
status | integer | Return value indicating whether the function was successful. A negative number indicates that an error occurred.
Code | Error Message String
xx | Success