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checkMark

set [the] checkMark of menuItem of ¬

     menu to trueOrFalse

The checkMark property returns or sets whether a check-mark character appears in front of a menu item.

It uses the character, numToChar(18), as the default check-mark character. Click Related Topics for information about the markChar property, which lets you use characters other than the check mark.

Examples

set the checkMark of menuItem 1 of menu "File" to true

set the checkMark of first menuItem of menu 2 to false

set the checkMark of menuItem "Open Stack..." of second menu to true

Demo Script

on mouseUp

  if there is a menu "Reference"

  then set the checkMark of menuItem 1 of menu "Reference" to ¬

       not(the checkMark of menuItem 1 of menu "Reference")

end mouseUp

Related Topics

Placeholders

menuItem

An expression that evaluates to one of the following:

menuItem text

menuItem posInteger

ordinal menuItem

For example:

menuItem "New"

menuItem 2

second menuItem

menu

An expression that evaluates to one of the following:

menu text

menu posInteger

ordinal menu

For example:

menu "File"

menu 2

second menu

trueOrFalse

Any expression that evaluates to the HyperTalk and AppleScript constants true or false.

For example:

true

false

the hilite of bg btn "Yes"

fld "Zip" contains "95014"

the short name of this stack is "Fred"

HyperTalk Reference

checkMark

fixedLineHeight

lockErrorDialogs

longWindowTitles

number (property)

printTextHeight

reportTemplates

scriptingLanguage

variableWatcher

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