OK, got it. On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 9:40 AM, Bob Sneidar <[email protected]> wrote:
> Because a mouseDown only gets sent when the tool is Browse. The contextual > menu gets built when using the pointer tool. I am creating a dev utility > for adding field validations in a database app framework. I only want this > to be visible when using the pointer tool. > > Bob > > > On Jan 2, 2012, at 7:22 PM, Pete wrote: > > > Why not do this in a mouseDown handler for the menu? > > > > On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 5:18 PM, Bob Sneidar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> S'not. ;-) It's the handler that builds contextual menus. By trapping it > >> and doing your own thing you can make your own contextual menus, or add > to > >> existing ones. I have this in a frontScript which puts a few extra > things > >> at the top of the contextual menu if a field is the target: > >> > >> on revHookBuildObjectEditorContextMenu pMenuTarget, pMenuName, @pMenu, > >> tModifiedMenu > >> put the topstack into theCurrentStack > >> put the long name of this card of theCurrentStack into theCurrentCard > >> put the customproperties of theCurrentStack into theCustomProps > >> switch > >> case word 1 of pMenuTarget is not "field" > >> put "false" into valOn > >> break > >> case not theCustomProps is an array > >> put "false" into valOn > >> break > >> case "PreValidations" is among the keys of theCustomProps > >> put "true" into valOn > >> break > >> case "MidValidations" is among the keys of theCustomProps > >> put "true" into valOn > >> break > >> case "PostValidations" is among the keys of theCustomProps > >> put "true" into valOn > >> break > >> end switch > >> > >> if valOn then > >> put "Data Type" into line 1 of theValMenu > >> put tab & "Text" into line 2 of theValMenu > >> put tab & "Number" into line 3 of theValMenu > >> put tab & "Date" into line 4 of theValMenu > >> put "-" into line 5 of theValMenu > >> put "Pre-Validations" into line 6 of theValMenu > >> put "Mid-Validations" into line 7 of theValMenu > >> put "Post-Validations" & lf & "-" & lf into line 8 of theValMenu > >> -- put the valMenu of me into theValMenu > >> put theValMenu before pMenu > >> put pMenu > >> end if > >> pass revHookBuildObjectEditorContextMenu > >> end revHookBuildObjectEditorContextMenu > >> > >> > >> function dispatchContextMenuPick pMenuName, pWhich > >> if "Data Type" is in pWhich or "Validations" is in pWhich then > >> send "initVal" && pWhich to the topstack in 0 seconds > >> exit to top > >> end if > >> pass dispatchContextMenuPick > >> end dispatchContextMenuPick > >> > >> > >> On Dec 29, 2011, at 4:04 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > >> > >>> Bob Sneidar wrote: > >>> > >>>> I have been using a trick John Craig showed me for appending to a > >> contextual menu which has been very handy for me. The gotcha is that > >> instead of building the menu on the fly using "put theMenuItem into > line 1 > >> of theMenu" (or something like that) I decided to simply create a custom > >> property with the additional menu items I wanted, and then put that > >> property before pMenu in the revHookBuildObjectEditorContextMenu > handler in > >> my front script. > >>> > >>> "revHookBuildObjectEditorContextMenu"? > >>> > >>> Where is that documented? > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Richard Gaskin > >>> Fourth World > >>> LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com > >>> Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com > >>> LiveCode Journal blog: http://LiveCodejournal.com/blog.irv > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> use-livecode mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >> subscription preferences: > >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> use-livecode mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >> subscription preferences: > >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Pete > > Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > [email protected] > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > -- Pete Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
