Using Programming Languages other than VBA

Sub Example_MenuBar()
	' This example uses MenuBar to obtain a reference to the AutoCAD File menu.
	' It then creates a new menu item and inserts it at the bottom of the File menu.
	'
	' The menu item will be automatically removed when AutoCAD is restarted

	Dim menu As AcadPopupMenu, newMenuItem As AcadPopupMenuItem
	Dim openMacro As String

	On Error GoTo ERRORTRAP
	
	' Use MenuBar property to obtain reference to the AutoCAD File menu
	Set menu = ThisDrawing.Application.MenuBar.Item("&File")

	' 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)

	' Add a menu separator
	menu.AddSeparator (menu.count + 1)

	' Add new menu item to File menu
	Set newMenuItem = menu.AddMenuItem(menu.count + 1, "NEW MENU ITEM", openMacro)
   
	MsgBox "A new menu item has been added to the File menu!"
   
	Exit Sub

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