Menu Buttons

[Bob Sneidar]

or

dispatch "menupick" to button "Examples" with "Aspirin"

Bob


On May 10, 2011, at 9:43 AM, Pete wrote:

> 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
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> 
> 
> 
> 
> 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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