Re: Simulate a popup menu button

2012-07-18 Thread dunbarx
a popup menu button On 7/18/12 12:03 PM, Lars Brehmer wrote: > Thanks once again Craig! > > But again no. > > The popup button is already in place. It has 7 menu items, and 6 of > those have a submenu with several choices. I simply want to (in a > script) simulate click

Re: Simulate a popup menu button

2012-07-18 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 7/18/12 4:02 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: Disabling the button on top will allow the mouseClick to pass through. I always forget about that. Must make note. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com

Re: Simulate a popup menu button

2012-07-18 Thread Bob Sneidar
Also, I wonder why he does not just move the mouse, unless the user is interacting with the real mouse. Bob On Jul 18, 2012, at 1:47 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 7/18/12 3:33 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: >> But I tried it and it did work. > > Did you use two buttons? He has one button with a cur

Re: Simulate a popup menu button

2012-07-18 Thread Bob Sneidar
Disabling the button on top will allow the mouseClick to pass through. Bob On Jul 18, 2012, at 1:47 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 7/18/12 3:33 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: >> But I tried it and it did work. > > Did you use two buttons? He has one button with a cursor icon to simulate the > mouse.

Re: Simulate a popup menu button

2012-07-18 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 7/18/12 3:33 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: But I tried it and it did work. Did you use two buttons? He has one button with a cursor icon to simulate the mouse. A second button at a lower layer is the popup button. When the "cursor" button moves over the popup, clicking at the loc of the cursor b

Re: Simulate a popup menu button

2012-07-18 Thread Bob Sneidar
But I tried it and it did work. Bob On Jul 18, 2012, at 10:58 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 7/18/12 12:02 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: >> On 7/18/12 12:03 PM, Lars Brehmer wrote: >>> Thanks once again Craig! >>> >>> But again no. >>> >>> The popup button is already in place. It has 7 menu item

Re: Simulate a popup menu button

2012-07-18 Thread Bob Sneidar
That works jacque, only no cursor. He will have to set the mouseLoc to that first I believe. After that, he can set the mouseLoc, then use the arrow keys to navigate the menus. It's klunky but it ought to work. Bob On Jul 18, 2012, at 10:02 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 7/18/12 12:03 PM, La

Re: Simulate a popup menu button

2012-07-18 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 7/18/12 12:02 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: On 7/18/12 12:03 PM, Lars Brehmer wrote: Thanks once again Craig! But again no. The popup button is already in place. It has 7 menu items, and 6 of those have a submenu with several choices. I simply want to (in a script) simulate clicking on it (done

Re: Simulate a popup menu button

2012-07-18 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 7/18/12 12:03 PM, Lars Brehmer wrote: Thanks once again Craig! But again no. The popup button is already in place. It has 7 menu items, and 6 of those have a submenu with several choices. I simply want to (in a script) simulate clicking on it (done) then hiliting one of the items and then sh

Re: Simulate a popup menu button

2012-07-18 Thread Lars Brehmer
Thanks once again Craig! But again no. The popup button is already in place. It has 7 menu items, and 6 of those have a submenu with several choices. I simply want to (in a script) simulate clicking on it (done) then hiliting one of the items and then show that items submenu and hiliting one o

Re: Simulate a popup menu button

2012-07-17 Thread dunbarx
p. Craig Newman -Original Message- From: Lars Brehmer To: use-livecode Sent: Tue, Jul 17, 2012 3:55 pm Subject: Re: Simulate a popup menu button Thanks Craig! But I still haven't got it figured out. This ia a popUp button with several cascading items. What I am trying to do is

Fwd: Simulate a popup menu button

2012-07-17 Thread dunbarx
|7 Craig Newman -Original Message- From: Lars Brehmer To: use-livecode Sent: Tue, Jul 17, 2012 3:55 pm Subject: Re: Simulate a popup menu button Thanks Craig! But I still haven't got it figured out. This ia a popUp button with several cascading items. What I am trying to do is

Re: Simulate a popup menu button

2012-07-17 Thread dunbarx
aig Newman -Original Message- From: Lars Brehmer To: use-livecode Sent: Tue, Jul 17, 2012 3:55 pm Subject: Re: Simulate a popup menu button Thanks Craig! But I still haven't got it figured out. This ia a popUp button with several cascading items. What I am trying to do is in a tut

Re: Simulate a popup menu button

2012-07-17 Thread Lars Brehmer
Thanks Bob! But no, I will not go this way. I have and use Snapz Pro and other screen capture apps, but they just won't do here for several reasons. First of all, just using RunRev with commands like - move this to that, send mouseEnter to this, send mouseUp to this, send mouseLeave to this, mo

Re: Simulate a popup menu button

2012-07-17 Thread Bob Sneidar
I hate to be the one to say it, but my suggestion is, don't do it like that. Have you considered using a screen capture utility like Snapz Pro to do create short video animations in your tutorial? Maybe I do not know what you are really up to. Bob On Jul 17, 2012, at 12:59 PM, Lars Brehmer w

Re: Simulate a popup menu button

2012-07-17 Thread Lars Brehmer
Thanks Craig! But I still haven't got it figured out. This ia a popUp button with several cascading items. What I am trying to do is in a tutorial animation. 1. move the cursor onto the button and then have the meunu appear (click at the buttonLoc). 2. move the cursor to the menu choice an

Re: Simulate a popup menu button

2012-07-17 Thread dunbarx
ly what you are missing. Craig Newman -Original Message- From: Lars Brehmer To: use-livecode Sent: Tue, Jul 17, 2012 4:57 am Subject: Simulate a popup menu button I am trying to simulate the action of using a popup menubutton, but I can't figure out how to do the middle step (if that i

Simulate a popup menu button

2012-07-17 Thread Lars Brehmer
I am trying to simulate the action of using a popup menubutton, but I can't figure out how to do the middle step (if that is even possible) click at the buttonLoc reveals the menu choices and send "menuPick" && "the menu choice" executes the menuPick. But I can't figure out to hi