On Sunday, October 13, 2002, at 10:57 PM, Jeanne A. E. DeVoto wrote: > At 6:28 AM -0700 10/13/2002, Robert Presender wrote: >> 1. After copying a card, in SC, it is possible to include the name >> of the new card as a menu item(s) into a particular menu and also >> directly include a script for this new menu item(s). >> >> In RR, I am able to create the new menu item(s) into the applicable >> btn >> menu(of a group of menus) on the new card. I have tried many >> approaches >> to create a script for the new menu item(s) without success. >> >> I assume that it is not possible to directly set a script for the new >> menu item. I also assume that the menuPick pWhich routine of the btn >> menu has to be modified to include the case,etc routine for the new >> menu item. >> >> My problem is that I haven't been able to create a script ( in the On >> New routine in the Main Stack script) to modify the menuPick routine >> or whatever for the new menu item. > > Modifying a script is basically like modifying any other property: you > put > the property into a variable, make the changes you need, then set the > property back to the variable: > > on newCard > put the script of button "Cards" into myScript > -- make changes to myScript > set the script of button "Cards" to myScript > end newCard > > However, it's a bit awkward to do this if the script is at all > complicated, > because you have to do a bit of parsing to find the desired handler, > then > add new lines without disrupting the control structures in the > handler. In > this case, I would suggest instead writing a general-purpose handler > that > can be used regardless of the menu contents: > > on menuPick theItem -- goes in button menu script > if there is a card theItem then go card theItem > else beep -- card wasn't there > end menuPick > > This works for all card names, and doesn't require a modification every > time you add a card - it just works off the card name in the menu, so > all > you need to do is add the card name to the button's text to have the > menu > routine work. > > If the menu has menu items other than card names, you can write > specific > case structures for those items, for example: > > on menuPick theItem > switch theItem > case "Previous" > go previous card > break > case "Next" > go next card > break > default -- if none of the previous cases apply: > if there is a card theItem then go card theItem > else beep > end switch > end menuPick
I added a default routine to the applicable btn menu. It did the trick. Thanks >> 2. In SC, when a new menu item is created in the copied card's menu, >> the new menu item also appears in the original card's menu. This >> appears not to happen in RR. Is a work around necessary to include >> the >> new item in the original card's menu? > > If you mean the same menu bar displayed on more than one card, this > should > work - the menubar group is the same object, so changes made on one > card > should be reflected everywhere the group is placed. Can you say more > about > how you did this, what steps you followed? I noted, in the Application OverView, that a cloned card has a copy of menu group of the basic card but the basic card's applicable menu didn't include the new menu item of the cloned card. Also noted that a previously cloned card's applicable menu didn't include the menu item of a subsequently cloned card. The following script was added to the new card handle in the main stack script to accomplish the above observations: **************** --adds a menu item with the name of the cloned cd to all cloned cards' btn menu. --this allows the user to go to another cloned card in the same stack when in one of the cds. get the number of cds of stack stkName repeat with x = it down to 2 -- cd 1 is the basic card put cr & holdName after last line of btn menux of cd x--creates & names the new menu item end repeat --When more than 1 cd is cloned, the basic card needs all the new items so that --any new cloned cds will now have all previous menu items in its btn menu. put cr & holdName after last line of btn menux of cd ID cdID of stack stkName --basic card ******************* Any comments that you may have will be welcomed. I now will have to script to delete the applicable menu item from all applicable cds when a cd is deleted. No problem is anticipated at this time. Thank you for your help Jeanne. Regards ... Bob _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
