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**NOMERGE**

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The **NOMERGE **attribute (PROP:NOMERGE) indicates that the MENUBAR or TOOLBAR on a WINDOW should not merge with the Global menu or toolbar.

The NOMERGE attribute on an APPLICATION's MENUBAR indicates that the menu is local and to be displayed only when no MDI "child" windows are open and that there is no Global menu. The NOMERGE attribute on an APPLICATION's TOOLBAR indicates that the tools are local and display only when no MDI "child" windows are open--there are no Global tools.

Without the NOMERGE attribute, an MDI WINDOW's menu and toolbar are automatically merged with the global menu and toolbar, and then displayed in the APPLICATION menu and toolbar. When NOMERGE is specified, the WINDOW's menu and toolbar overwrite the Global menu and toolbar. The menu and toolbar displayed when the WINDOW has focus are only the WINDOW's own menu and toolbar. However, they are still displayed on the APPLICATION.

A MENUBAR or TOOLBAR specified in a non-MDI WINDOW is never merged with the Global menu or toolbar--they appear in the WINDOW.

**Example:**

**!An MDI application frame window with local-only menu and toolbar:**

**MainWin APPLICATION('My Application'),SYSTEM,MAX,ICON('MyIcon.ICO'),STATUS**

**         MENUBAR,NOMERGE**

**          ITEM('E&xit'),USE(?MainExit)**

**         END**

**         TOOLBAR,NOMERGE**

**          BUTTON('Exit'),USE(?MainExitButton)**

**         END**

**        END**

**!MDI window with its own menu and toolbar, overwriting the application's:**

**MDIChild WINDOW('Dialog Window'),MDI,SYSTEM,MAX,STATUS**

**          MENUBAR,NOMERGE**

**           MENU('Edit'),USE(?EditMenu)**

**            ITEM('Cu&t'),USE(?CutText),KEY(CtrlX),STD(STD:Cut)**

**            ITEM('Copy'),USE(?CopyText),KEY(CtrlC),STD(STD:Copy)**

**            ITEM('Paste'),USE(?PasteText),KEY(CtrlV),STD(STD:Paste)**

**           END**

**          END**

**          TOOLBAR,NOMERGE**

**           BUTTON('Cut'),USE(?CutButton),STD(STD:Cut)**

**           BUTTON('Copy'),USE(?CopyButton),STD(STD:Copy)**

**           BUTTON('Paste'),USE(?PasteButton),STD(STD:Paste)**

**          END**

**          TEXT,HVSCROLL,USE(Pre:Field),MSG('Enter some text here')**

**          BUTTON('&OK'),USE(?Exit),DEFAULT**

**         END**

**See Also:**

[[menubar  declare a pulldown menu .htm|MENUBAR]]

[[toolbar  declare a tool bar .htm|TOOLBAR]]