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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-NZ link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi David<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks for your suggestion. Unfortunately it raises the following error:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'><img width=541 height=39 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D37A62.2ECEBA00"></span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Because there may be multiple items with the same action but different captions, I figured I had to pick the item caption, not the action caption. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I have tried creating one or multiple items at designtime as a test, but I get the same results every time – namely TActionClientItem(Sender).Caption returns a null string, and TAction(TActionClientItem(Sender).Action).Caption fails. It appears that TActionClientItem does not act like TMenuItem which is very disappointing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Best regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Errol<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'> David O'Brien [mailto:Dave@iccs.co.nz] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 21 December 2017 9:58 AM<br><b>To:</b> NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List <delphi@listserver.123.net.nz><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [DUG] How to find parameters of an Action Menu created at runtime<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The Sender will be the menu item. Try TAction(</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>TActionClientItem</span> <span lang=EN-US>(Sender).Action).Caption.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'> <a href="mailto:delphi-bounces@listserver.123.net.nz">delphi-bounces@listserver.123.net.nz</a> [<a href="mailto:delphi-bounces@listserver.123.net.nz">mailto:delphi-bounces@listserver.123.net.nz</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Errol Anderson<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 21 December 2017 9:47 am<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:delphi@listserver.123.net.nz">delphi@listserver.123.net.nz</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [DUG] How to find parameters of an Action Menu created at runtime<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>My program creates Action Menu items at runtime, with the caption of each item set to a value returned by a database query. The OnExecute procedure is the same for all items. <o:p></o:p></p><p>When I click on an item, I need to obtain the item caption for the OnExecute procedure, to use in another query. I have tried the following (analogous to TMenuItem for a popup menu):<o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>sCaption := TActionClientItem(Sender).Caption;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p>However, this always returns an empty string. I have searched the web and the Delphi Help to no avail. I am aware that Caption is a published property, but the public property Index also fails.<o:p></o:p></p><p>I presume I am doing something wrong here, but cannot figure out what. Any help appreciated. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>Errol Anderson <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>