How to programmatically signaling Menu selection (User)

I have an event case handling Menu selection(User) event. Now I wish to programmatically signaling the Menu selection (User). Is that possible in LV?
WT
LV2013SP1

Well then you could have a state machine, where you go to the "Menu Selected" state when the event is generated. Or you can choose to go to that state in your application whenever you want. Now you don't have code duplication and have once case that handles doing the work, and you can get there from multiple methods.
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Thank you for your reply. It looks like there is no convenient way to "simulate" a Windows "event" with the base version. Duh!
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Note that in the Get Menu Selection vi's Case structure, I had to actually clear each check mark and set the one for the current selection, since the RTM does not handle check marks automatically, as, for example, Visual Basic does. Again, maybe newer versions do.
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