On 8/8/05 12:26 PM, "Robert Presender" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Using rev 2.5.1, OS 10.3.9 > > I want to activate a menuItem of a menu btn of a particular stack from > a handler in a different stack. For testing, I put the below script > into the message box > > doMenu menuItem 1 of btn "X" of group "MenuBar 1" of stack "Y" > > The result was: doMenu (the name of menuItem 1) is not implemented. > > Would appreciate suggestions of how to activate a menuItem as indicated > in line 2 above. Well, menu selections from the menu itself create menuPick messages which are usually trapped in the menu button itself. Some people like to put the code directly in the button for the menu item's functionality, like: -- File menu on menuPick pChoice switch pChoice case "Open" answer file "Select a file to open:" if it <> "" then -- rest of script here end if break case "Print" -- etc. break end switch end menuPick Personally, I like to move the actual menu action code somewhere else, like in a stack script, library or backscript so that I can call it from other places, like: -- File menu on menuPick pChoice switch pChoice case "Open" FileOpen break case "Print" -- etc. break end switch end menuPick So in this case, activating the "Open" menu item would be simply executing "FileOpen" and have it run a handler elsewhere. However, if you are "stuck" with activating code that is *in* the button, you need to send the menuPick message along with the proper param to the button in question. Using the example above, that would be: send "menuPick" && quote & "Open" & quote to button "File" of group "MenuGroup" Hope this helps, Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution