# menuArea Element

Contains information about the Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003 built-in menus used in the view.

## Type

    xsd:complexType

## Structure

Name | Description
--- | ---
button | (Optional element) Defines a button that has an associated action.
name | (Required attribute) Corresponds to one of the built-in InfoPath top-level menus.
menu | (Optional element) Contains information about the menus used within the menu area.

## Remarks

The menuArea element is an optional element of the view element.

The menuArea element is analogous to the top-level menus found in InfoPath when filling out a form. Multiple buttons or menus can be declared within a menuArea element. Each button element creates an additional menu item within the corresponding built-in menu, specified by the name attribute of the menuArea element, and has an action (or command) associated with it. If a menu element is nested within a menuArea element, this creates a cascading menu off of the built-in menu.

## Example

The following is an example of the menuArea element:

    <xsf:menuArea name="msoInsertMenu">
       <xsf:menu caption="&amp;Section">
          <xsf:button action="xCollection::insert" xmlToEdit="CD_10"
             caption="CD" showIf="always"></xsf:button>
          <xsf:button action="xCollection::insert" xmlToEdit="Track_14"
             caption="Track" showIf="always"></xsf:button>
          <xsf:button action="xOptional::insert" xmlToEdit="Label_16"
             caption="Label"></xsf:button>
       </xsf:menu>
    </xsf:menuArea>

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