Menu Buttons

[Pete]

I think you may need to structure the send statement differently:

put "menupick" && line 3 of btn "Examples" into myCommand
send myCommand to btn "Examples"

send "menupick aspirin" to btn "Examples"

Pete
Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com>




On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 2:18 PM, David Brooks <dbrooks at unlserve.unl.edu>wrote:

> I DO exactly those sorts of things. But, when I send a menupick message,
> nothing happens.
>
> I've tried things like:
>
> send menupick (line 3 of btn "Examples") to btn "Examples"
>
> and
>
> send menupick aspirin to btn "Examples"
>
> However, I've never used the term "combo box" and it looks as if I have a
> new avenue to try.  Many thanks. This looks to be similar to what one would
> do with a field.
>
> MANY thanks.
>
> Best,
>
> Dave B.
>
>
>
> On May 9, 2011, at 2:16 PM, DunbarX at aol.com wrote:
>
> > When you say you want to drive the menuItems displayed by script, does
> that mean you never want to use the mouse at all? I made a workaround
> recently where I did something like this, and I am giving you a snippet for
> your examination. Make two buttons, one an ordinary one, and one a combo
> box. Put several choices into the combo. Place the comboBox so that the loc
> of its selection arrow is, say, "200,200". In the regular button script
> write:
> >
> >
> > on mouseUp
> >   click at "200,200"
> >   wait 50
> >   click at "175," && 225 + random(100)
> > end mouseUp
> >
> >
> > This should open the combo box and select a random line within it. You
> can trap a "menuPick" message inside the combo box. Not sure what you are
> doing, but this might give you a hint as to a possible method. HTH.
> >
> >
> > Craig Newman
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Brooks <dbrooks at unlserve.unl.edu>
> > To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
> > Sent: Mon, May 9, 2011 2:14 pm
> > Subject: Menu Buttons
> >
> >
> > I am trying to create a series of "helps" where I step a user through a
> process
> > using the underlying tool. I have one "help" field that variously shows,
> hides,
> > fills, and moves around.
> >
> > The scripts "say" things (aural feedback).
> >
> > There is a "pointer" button that locates as needed, flashes, and
> shows/hides.
> >
> > Here's my problem. Suppose I have a menu button that affords several
> choices. In
> > my application, I can click the button, move among the choices from a
> list that
> > is displayed -- with a choice automatically hiliting as I move around
> (hovering)
> > in the list, and then click to make the hilited choice.
> >
> > I want to drive that from a script. Is there an easy way? The list seems
> to
> > behave like some sort of modal stack that I must deal with. That is, if I
> create
> > a script that pops out the list, that list behaves as I would expect --
> FROM
> > MOUSE ACTIONS -- but I haven't found scripting that leads to the same
> effects. I
> > suppose I could capture images and use these AS IF they were the real
> thing, but
> > then I'd have less flexibility than if I did this from scripts.
> >
> > Should I simply redesign things such that buttons display fields and try
> to go
> > from there? I seem to be able to get that approach to work from scripts,
> but it
> > seems cumbersome.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your help.
> >
> > Dave B.
> >
> >
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