Menu Buttons

[Pete]

I might be wrong but I think the send commands, as you listed them, aren't
correct - I believe the message and it's parameters have to be one string.
 So something like:

send "menuPick aspirin" to button "Examples"

or

send "menuPick" && (line 3 of btn "Examples") to btn "Examples"

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




On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 3:02 AM, André Bisseret
<andre.bisseret at wanadoo.fr>wrote:

> Bonjour David,
>
> Did you try :
>
> set the menuHistory of btn "examples" to 1 -- (or 2, 3, etc)
>
> Best regards from Grenoble
>
> André
>
>
> Le 9 mai 2011 à 23:18, David Brooks a écrit :
>
> > 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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