On 19/12/2012, at 04:55 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Dr Terry Judd wrote: > > > is there any way to disable specific items in an optionmenu button > > on Windows? Disabling adds a "(" to the front of the text of the > > specified item as expected but the item itself isn't dimmed. > > I believe this is a function of the Win API, since the HIG for that platform > doesn't support disabled option items. > > I submitted a request for this some time ago, but I believe they'd need to do > an ugly patch to work around that OS limitation so I wouldn't hold my breath. > > Any design workaround options we might be able to help with?
Thanks Richard, I'm already disabling items on the fly (there are a series of option menus each dependent on the other to some degree) so I guess I'll just delete the disabled items instead. Cheers, Terry... > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > Software Design and Development for Desktop, Mobile, and Web > ____________________________________________________________ > ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com > Dr Terry Judd Senior Lecturer in Medical Education Medical Eduction Unit Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences The University of Melbourne _______________________________________________ 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