Thanks Allen,
The menu thing was a real eye opener. I am aware of Choose, but I was
looking for something called Menu... that was stupid of me :-P but I think
that is how I learn...
Thanks once again
Gunjan
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Gunjan Karun
Technical Presales Consultant
Zycus, Mumbai, India
URL: http://www.zycus.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: Allen Kamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 18:50
Subject: [REBOL] Re: How do I create menus in View
> Hi Ganjan,
>
> Welcome to the list.
>
> REBOL/View does have menus, but they may not have the look and feel or
> operation that you are after, if you are trying to get the feel of an OS.
> And implementation of submenus is not something that I would not suggest
for
> a beginner, (give it a week or two ;-)
>
> The magic function to look at is CHOOSE.
>
> ? choose
> USAGE:
> CHOOSE choices function /style styl /window winf /offset xy /across
>
> DESCRIPTION:
> Generates a choice selector menu, vertical or horizontal.
> CHOOSE is a function value.
>
> ARGUMENTS:
> choices -- Block of items to display (Type: block)
> function -- Function to call on selection (Type: function none)
>
> REFINEMENTS:
> /style
> styl -- The style choice button (Type: object)
> /window
> winf -- The parent window to appear in (Type: object)
> /offset
> xy -- Offset of choice box (Type: pair)
> /across -- Use horizontal layout
>
> Here's a little example
> ; start example
>
> ; makes dealing with pairs easier
> as-pair: func [xy [block!]][
> to-pair reduce xy
> ]
>
> choices: func [f [object!]][
> choose/offset/window ["Time" "Save" "Quit" "Cancel"]
> func [fa e][
> switch/default fa/text [
> "Time" [hide-popup request/ok form now]
> "Save" [hide-popup request/confirm "Save?"]
> "Quit" [Quit]
>
> ][
> hide-popup
> ]
> ]
> ; set the offset to draw at and the parent-face
> as-pair [f/offset/x f/offset/y + f/size/y] f/parent-face
> ]
>
> view layout [size 200x200 text "menu" white 40.100.130 center bold
[choices
> face]]
>
> ; end example
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Allen K
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gunjan Karun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 1:05 AM
> Subject: [REBOL] How do I create menus in View
>
>
> >
> > Hi Gurus,
> > I am a kid wrt rebol and am trying out the possibility of using it in
our
> organization.
> > Right now I'm exploring the REBOL/View (0.10.38.3.1)
> > I have two problems,
> > Firstly - Does REBOL/View have the concept of menus (and menu items), if
> yes, can anyone kindly give me some pointers where I might explore.
> > Secondly - Now that I have installed the REBOL/View on my m/c everytime
I
> do about on its console, it shows me the version of the View and not of
the
> core. Is there any way I can find out the version of the REBOL Core on my
> machine.
> > Thanks
> > Gunjan
> > -----------------------------------------
> > Gunjan Karun
> > Technical Presales Consultant
> > Zycus, Mumbai, India
> > URL: http://www.zycus.com
> > -----------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >
> >
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