Hiding built-in Menu items in CS3 (JS)

Hi all,
Is there any option through javascript to hide ie. disable built-in menu items in CS3. Here our requirement is to hide the menu items like Hide Attributes, Hide Comments, Hide Processing Instruction in the XML palette. Have to disable in all the places.
Thanks
Vaasu

Thanks,
This helps a bit.
What do I use for "SomeScriptMenuItem".
I have tried...
var myScriptMenuItem3 = myFileMenu.menuItems.add(myScriptAction3, LocationOptions.AFTER, "User...");
var myScriptMenuItem3 = myFileMenu.menuItems.add(myScriptAction3, LocationOptions.AFTER, User);
var myScriptMenuItem3 = myFileMenu.menuItems.add(myScriptAction3, LocationOptions.AFTER, 24);
I want my menu item to appear after "User..." in the file menu.
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3) There are no problems when the mouse is moved over these list items as well. However, this does not look good when the dropdown list item is clicked with its item lists open and then the mouse leaves this area. In this case, as soon as the mouse leaves this area, the mouseExit script runs and hence it makes the drop down list width to shrink eventhough the list items are still open. How do I resolve this? I was thinking about this and I thought the possible way to overcome this is by writing a javascript for the mouseExit event executing something like this:
if this dropdown list is open,
then this.w = "2in";
else
this.w = "1.625in";
I am not sure how to write a jscript for the above?
(NOTE: If you see my form, I have used the above scripts for the dropdown list in "boxSubform[0]".)
4) Hiding the alternative row shadowing for hidden columns:
If you check out my form, you can notice that I have put the "close" button (button to delete table rows) on the left column and I have also put its presence to "Visible (screen only)". The parent table has got the 'alternative row shadow' checked. What I notice here is, when this page is printed, eventhough the first column's presence is set to "Visible (Screen Only)", it still prints the row shadow for this column and it looks bad. How can I fix this? Any help will be great!
I have already emailed you my new form again so you can have a look.
Thanks again Paul and I cant thank you enough for your help. I am sooo happy to see such a great support and resources available here since it can be a nightmare for some newbies like me... :-)

How to change the default position of context menu item? (C#)

Hi,
I have included a calendar context menu item with my Outlook Addin. But by default, its positioned at the last as shown in the picture below:
I need a way to make it as the fourth item instead of last one. Also, I want set an icon for the same. How can I do that?
Appreciate if you can give some sample examples.
Thanks in advance.
Thanks Prasad

Hello Prasad,
The
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See
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