Modifying Photoshop menus via a plugin

Hi,
I'm new to Photoshop plugin development so forgive me if this is a common question. I'm using the Photoshop CS Version 8.0 SDK of 10/20/2003 under Windows 2000.
Photoshop offers the basic menu set 'File Edit Image..Help' - can a plugin add its own menu entry to this set? Alternatively can a plugin add its own menu entries under the 'File' basic menu item? If either is possible where can I read about what's involved for the programmer?
I got the impression from the SDK documentation that plugins could only add menu entries to a restricted set of submenus in the UI and that neither of the options above are possible.
Many thanks in advance for any help,
Paul Strickland MediaSpan Software

No, you cannot add a top level menu from a plugin.
All that you can add things to are the plugin menus: filters, acquire, export, automation, selection, adjustment, etc.

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