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<p>The Symbian platform uses <parmname>MENU_BAR</parmname> resources to
create the <parmname>Options</parmname> menu, when a mobile device user selects
the <parmname>Options</parmname> softkey. The options that appear above the
softkeys are determined by <xref href="GUID-A4F3738C-CBFD-4151-9132-26FE05966715.dita">CBA
resources</xref>. The <parmname>MENU_BAR</parmname> resources map the text
that appears in the <parmname>Options</parmname> menu with commands that are
collected by the event loop of the application framework and delivered to
your application for <xref href="GUID-4941C035-C359-4968-9BD5-31F44EE5F810.dita">command
handling</xref>.</p>
<p>As the above figure illustrates, in menu bars, different elements in
the <b>Options</b> menu are declared in a series of <xref href="GUID-5F749184-C804-41FC-BA81-038783BDC967.dita">resource
statements</xref>. For information on declaring resources for menu bars, see <xref href="GUID-E849C798-07A0-47B3-BDBF-203325062FBD.dita">Menu
bar resource statements</xref>.</p>
<p>Access to menus is provided through the <xref format="html" href="specs/guides/Options_Menu_API_Specification/Options_Menu_API_Specification.html" scope="peer">Options Menu API</xref>.</p>
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