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Revision as of 15:23, 23 October 2009
Purpose
Install a Foxbase style menu bar
Syntax
MENU BAR <array>,<expN>
See Also
@...MENU, MENU, MENU COMMAND, MENU FIELDS, MENU FILES, MENU FORMAT, MENU FRAME, MENU QUERY, MENU SCOPE, READ MENU BAR, SET COMPATIBLE
Description
The MENU BAR command installs a menu bar <array> into the menu bar. All the elements in the <array> must be defined as character strings. The <array> may be defined as a two-dimensional array. Where the first element column is the menu title and the second element column is a message to be displayed in the message line. The number of menu titles is defined by <expN>. This command is used in conjunction with the READ MENU BAR and MENU commands.
Example
// Initialize the array for the menu bar declare top[3,2] top[1,1] = "FILE" top[2,1] = "EDIT" top[3,1] = "DATA" top[1,2] = "FILE SELECTIONS" top[2,2] = "EDIT SELECTIONS" top[3,2] = "DATA SELECTIONS" // Initialize arrays for the pull-down menus // Install the pull-down menu system // Declare top level menu declare caTOP [2,2] caTop [1,1] = "File" caTop [1,2] = "File operations" caTop [2,1] = "About" caTop [2,2] = "Product information." // Declare pulldown menu items declare caFiles[3] caFiles [1] = "Open" caFiles [2] = "Close" caFiles [3] = "Exit" declare caAbout [2] caAbout [1] = "Program" caAbout [2] = "Recital" // Initialize menu system menu bar caTop, 2 menu 1, caFiles, 7, 3 menu 2, caAbout, 5, 2 // Activate menu system nCol=1 nRow=1 read menu bar to nCol, nRow save // Info about choice ? "You chose the ",caTop[nCol,1], "pulldown." ? "and will execute item number", nRow ?
Products
Recital Mirage Server, Recital Terminal Developer
