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Event for VI.

Generated when the user selects an application item from the LabVIEW menu, such as Help»Show Context Help. Use the Menu Selection (User) event to generate an event when the user selects a user-defined menu item.

Event Data Fields

Name	Description
Source	Source of the event. 0 LabVIEW UI 1 ActiveX 2 .NET 25 User Event n other
Type	Type of event that occurred, such as Mouse Down, Value Change, Timeout, and so on.
Time	Value of the millisecond timer when the event occurred.
VIRef	Reference to the VI on which this event occurred.
MenuRef	Reference to the LabVIEW menu from which an item was selected.
ItemTag	Name of the menu item the user selected, such as APP_SHOW_HELP.
ItemPath	Path of the LabVIEW menu item the user selected, such as APP_HELP:SHOW_APP_HELP. Components are separated by colons.