READ MENU

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 Mirage Server, Recital Terminal Developer