ON SELECTION MENU

Purpose

Define actions performed on every pad in a dBASE-IV style menu

Syntax

ON SELECTION MENU <menu> [<command>]

See Also

ACTIVATE POPUP, DEACTIVATE POPUP, DEFINE BAR, DEFINE POPUP, ON BAR, ON EXIT BAR, ON EXIT POPUP, ON POPUP, ON SELECTION PAD, ON SELECTION POPUP, SET COMPATIBLE

Description

The ON SELECTION MENU command defines actions performed on pads that do not have an ON SELECTION PAD command associated with them. Pads are options in Xbase style menus. These types of menus are created with the DEFINE MENU and DEFINE PAD commands. The menu is identified with the name that was assigned with the DEFINE MENU command. Pad selection occurs when the user moves the highlight onto the menu prompt and presses the [RETURN] key. The command SET COMPATIBLE should be set ON when using Xbase style menus.

<command>

If no command is given, ON SELECTION MENU disables previously specified commands. To specify the same command for individual pads in a menu, use the ON SELECTION PAD command. To specify commands which will execute when pads are highlighted, use the ON PAD command.

Example

define menu main
define pad exit of main;
  prompt "\<Exit" at 0,0
define pad filelist of main;
  prompt "\<Files" at 0,6
 
on selection menu main dialog box prompt()
activate menu main

Products

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