Menu item choice

does “on choose menu item theObject” only work for menus like “file” or edit" or can it also be used for popup button menus?


on choose menu item theObject
	if name of theObject is "source_menu" then
		set theSource to title of popup button "source_menu" of window "main_window"
		tell window "main_window"
			set the contents of text field "message_field" to "You have selected " & theSource & " for the source drive"
			update
		end tell
	else if name of theOject is "target_menu" then
		set theTarget to tittle of popup button "target_menu" of window "main_window"
		set the contents of text field "message_field" to "You have selected " & theTarget & " for the target drive"
		update
	end if
end choose menu item

According to the Studio Reference Guide, “on choose menu item…” works with pop-up button menus.

Brad Bumgarner, CTA