Using Programming Languages other than VBA

Sub Example_MenuGroups()
	' This example uses MenuGroups to obtain a reference to the AutoCAD main menu.
	' It then creates a new menu called TestMenu and inserts a menu item
	' into it. The menu is then displayed on the menu bar.
	'
	' The menu item will be automatically removed when AutoCAD is restarted
	
	Dim currMenuGroup As acadMenuGroup
	Dim newMenu As AcadPopupMenu, newMenuItem As AcadPopupMenuItem
	Dim openMacro As String

	On Error GoTo ERRORTRAP

	' Use MenuGroups property to obtain reference to main AutoCAD menu
	Set currMenuGroup = ThisDrawing.Application.MenuGroups.Item("ACAD")

	' Create the new menu in this group
	Set newMenu = currMenuGroup.Menus.Add("TestMenu")

	' Add a menu item to the new menu and
	' assign an Open macro (VBA equivalent of: "ESC ESC _open ")
	openMacro = Chr(3) & Chr(3) & Chr(95) & "open" & Chr(32)

	Set newMenuItem = newMenu.AddMenuItem(newMenu.count + 1, "Open", openMacro)
   
	' Display the menu on the menu bar
	newMenu.InsertInMenuBar (ThisDrawing.Application.MenuBar.count + 1)

	MsgBox "A new menu has been added to the ACAD menu system!"

	Exit Sub

ERRORTRAP:
	MsgBox "The following error has occurred: " & Err.Description
End Sub