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, dunb...@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 <dbro...@unlserve.unl.edu> > To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@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. > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
