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.bisse...@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, 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
