Is it possible to identify the last menu item clicked?
I have a project with many menu items and would like to store the last menu item clicked, or the last form opened via the menu system.

 You can use "Last.xxxx". xxxx = "Name", "Group", "Caption", "Tag". I don't know if "Action" would work as I've never used that when creating menus.

…interpreting Got2BeFree's good suggestion:

 I guess the only way to generate a general menu event is by creating the menu items from code.
Thank you both, this works fine.

it work with my Main.form menu editor generated menus

bill-lancaster said

I guess the only way to generate a general menu event is by creating the menu items from code.
Thank you both, this works fine.

Also works when using the menu GUI to create menus.

bill-lancaster said

I guess the only way to generate a general menu event is by creating the menu items from code.
Thank you both, this works fine.

No you can use the IDE menu editor. You just make all the menus the same "Group" then the group name becomes the event name for all of them.

Got2BeFree said

You can use "Last.xxxx". xxxx = "Name", "Group", "Caption", "Tag". I don't know if "Action" would work as I've never used that when creating menus.

To explain the Action property a bit…..

If you use an action name , say "MyAction" you can then do various things, depending on your needs.

Like grouping objects together, for example a bunch of controls all related to something that might want disabling easily.
You could then do the following if you have a bunch of controls with the Action set to MyAction…

Action["MyAction"].Enabled = False

That would make all MyAction items disabled.
see /comp/gb.qt4/action - Gambas Documentation for other settable action properties

To use the Action property in a similar way to the above Group/Shared event use you must use the Action_Activate(Name As String) event in your form.  (although I don't think this is what the OP wants it's good to know)
For example..

That way all objects with MyAction action set will use the same code.

There's a few other reasons tat Action comes in handy, mostly i use it do disable/enable various things that don't have the same parent.

Hope that helps

 Glad I asked the question, have learned a lot although I should have thought about the group_event idea, I use it in other situations!
Thanks for the many reponses.
Bill