Hey Listers!
I've been clearing out my MI-L folders this week and I came upon this thread
from 3 years ago. I thought it was good enough to send out again since it
was very helpful. It's been cut-and-pasted together for easy reading.
Special thanks to Steve Wallace and Bill Thoen who caused me to chuckle on
an otherwise dreary day.
Enjoy!
-----Original Message-----
If I asked for all those who wanted a chance to slap the person who thought
it was a good idea to make floating tool bars which could
easily be pulled off the tool bar, how long would the queue be?
At least once a day, I have to shuffle these toolbars back into place.
Is there someplace I can edit so these will stay docked permanently?
Thx,
Steve Wallace
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J D wrote:
> Maybe someone should slap you?
> Options -> ToolBar
> How long have you used MapInfo?
>
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From: Bill Thoen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 1997 5:44 PM
Subject: Re: MI: Frustrated call for volunteers.
Hey, be nice. Your solution doesn't *solve* the problem, either.
The buttonpads still tear off all too easily. Especially if you know
mapinfo so well that you're ripping all over the screen to get
things done fast. This is one problem that happens to experienced
people more that it does to beginners.
Anyway, here's an idea. This won't stop buttonpads from falling in
your lap, but it makes fixing them easier. Open your MapBasic window
and put this in it:
alter menu "Help" add "Arrg!!! \tAlt a/W@a" calling 605
This adds a menu option (called "Arrg!!!") below the Help menu that
calls the function that display the Toolbar Options dialog box which
controls toolbuttons (normally found in two clicks under
Options/Toolbars). The "\tAlt a/W@a" just adds an accelerator key to
this option (alt-a) so that you can activate it in a single
keystroke.
Add this menu command to your mapinfo.mnu file and it will come up
as a standard menu item every time. (WARNING! If you don't know what
you're doing with the mapinfo.mnu file, you'd better not touch it.
Screw this up, and MapInfo doesn't run.)
So yes, even without MapBasic, you can rearrange and alter the
menus. Cool, huh?
- Bill Thoen
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