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Inserts menu items specified by item names or item tags into a menu or a submenu within the menu.

Example

	menu tag specifies the submenu in which to insert the items. If you do not specify menu tag, the function inserts the items at the top level of the menu.
	menu reference is the reference to a menu bar in a VI or to a shortcut menu of a control. You can obtain this refnum with the Current VI's Menubar function or with the MenuRef event data field of menu events.
	item names identifies the items to insert in the menu. item names is the string that appears in the menu. You can wire either item names or item tags, in which case both names and tags have the same values. If you want to insert only one item, wire a string to item names.
	item tags identifies the items to insert in the menu. item tags is the string that is returned if the menu item is selected. You can wire either item names or item tags, in which case both names and tags have the same values. If you want to insert only one item, wire a string to item tags. Use application item tags to insert application menu items.
	error in describes error conditions that occur before this VI or function runs. The default is no error. If an error occurred before this VI or function runs, the VI or function passes the error in value to error out. This VI or function runs normally only if no error occurred before this VI or function runs. If an error occurs while this VI or function runs, it runs normally and sets its own error status in error out. Use the Simple Error Handler or General Error Handler VIs to display the description of the error code. Use error in and error out to check errors and to specify execution order by wiring error out from one node to error in of the next node. status is TRUE (X) if an error occurred before this VI or function ran or FALSE (checkmark) to indicate a warning or that no error occurred before this VI or function ran. The default is FALSE. code is the error or warning code. The default is 0. If status is TRUE, code is a nonzero error code. If status is FALSE, code is 0 or a warning code. source specifies the origin of the error or warning and is, in most cases, the name of the VI or function that produced the error or warning. The default is an empty string.
	after item specifies the position where the items are inserted. after item can be a tag (string) of an existing item or a position index (zero based integer) in the menu. To insert at the beginning of the menu, wire a number less than 0 to after item. To insert at the end of the menu, wire a number larger than the number of items in the menu. You can insert application items using application tags. You can insert a separator using the application tag APP_SEPARATOR. The function always ensures that the tags of all the inserted menu items are unique to the menu hierarchy by appending numbers to the supplied tags, if necessary.
	menu reference out returns menu reference unchanged.
	item tags out returns the actual tags of the inserted items. If the function does not find menu tag or after item (tag), the function returns an error.
	error out contains error information. If error in indicates that an error occurred before this VI or function ran, error out contains the same error information. Otherwise, it describes the error status that this VI or function produces. Right-click the error out front panel indicator and select Explain Error from the shortcut menu for more information about the error. status is TRUE (X) if an error occurred or FALSE (checkmark) to indicate a warning or that no error occurred. code is the error or warning code. If status is TRUE, code is a nonzero error code. If status is FALSE, code is 0 or a warning code. source describes the origin of the error or warning and is, in most cases, the name of the VI or function that produced the error or warning.

Example

Refer to the Dynamic Insert Demo VI in the labview\examples\general\menubars.llb for an example of using the Insert Menu Items function.