READ MENU
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Purpose
Activate a FoxBASE+ style pop-up menu
Syntax
READ MENU TO <memvar>
[SAVE]
[TIMEOUT <expN>]
See Also
@...MENU, MENU, MENU BAR, READ MENU BAR
Description
The READ MENU activates a pop-up menu defined by the @…MENU command. The <memvar> is a variable with the initial starting position of the highlighting bar. This <memvar> returns the selected menu item number.
SAVE
The menu options are not released and can be activated by another READ MENU command.
TIMEOUT <expN>
The TIMEOUT clause determines how long in seconds, <expN>, the READ MENU will wait for user input before exiting automatically.
Example
// Define menu dimension choice(3,1) choice(1) = "Edit" choice(2) = "Delete" choice(3) = "Add" m_choice = 0 @ 5,0 menu choice,3 title "Choices" // Activate menu read menu to mchoice
Products
Recital