Hi Richard, >> Anyone have any tricks for doing something like this with menus?<<
The MNX is one of the weirder metadata files. The key with this file is the records physically have to be in the order of the menu (left to right for the pads, and top to bottom for the dropdowns). The Pad record is first, followed by records for the dropdown. I am not sure why the Fox Team designed it this way, but for GenMenu/GenMenuX to work right the menu file has to be in the physical order. That is also good news for you since you can easily see the Pad and all the drop down items associated with this in the MNX so you can easily see what records need to be pulled from the file and inserted into the new file. You need to know about the old-fashioned INSERT BEFORE BLANK command from the old 2.x days. This physically inserts a record into the file and moves the other records down. It still works in VFP, but you need to have the table opened EXCLUSIVE and no buffering set for it to work. The details of the MNX are documented in the VFP\Tools\Filespec\60spec.pjx. Just run the reports for the menu files. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
