/* $DOC$ $NAME$ ft_Prompt() $CATEGORY$ Menus/Prompts $ONELINER$ Define a menu item for use with ft_MenuTo() $SYNTAX$ #include "ftmenuto.ch" @ , PROMPT ; [COLOR ] ; [MESSAGE ] ; [MSGROW ] ; [MSGCOL ] ; [MSGCOLOR ] ; [TRIGGER ] ; [TRIGGERCOLOR ] ; [HOME ] ; [END ] ; [UP ] ; [DOWN ] ; [LEFT ] ; [RIGHT ] ; [EXECUTE ] ; $ARGUMENTS$ is the row at which the prompt is to appear. is the column at which the prompt will appear. is the menu item string. is optional and is the color attribute of the prompt. Note that two colors are required; one for the standard setting and one for the enhanced setting (i.e. the light bar color). See the example below if this isn't clear. If is not specified then the current SetColor() value is used by default. is optional and is the message associated with the prompt. If not specified, then no message will be displayed. is optional and is the row at which the message, if any, will appear. If not specified, the default is the current setting of the SET MESSAGE TO command. is optional and is the column at which the message, if any, will appear. If not specified, the default is either zero or centered, depending on the current setting of the CENTER option of the SET MESSAGE TO command. is optional and is the color attribute of the message. If not specified, the default is the same as the prompt color. is optional and is the position within the prompt string where the trigger character is located. If not specified, the default is one. is optional and is the color attribute of the trigger character. Note that two colors are required; one for the standard setting and one for the enhanced setting (i.e. the light bar color). See the example below if this isn't clear. If is not specified then the default is the same color as the rest of the prompt. is optional and specifies which prompt becomes active when the home key is pressed. If not specified, the default is the first prompt. is optional and specifies which prompt becomes active when the end key is pressed. If not specified, the default is the last prompt. is optional and specifies which prompt becomes active when the up arrow key is pressed. If not specified, the default is the previous prompt. The current setting of SET WRAP TO is obeyed. is optional and specifies which prompt becomes active when the down arrow key is pressed. If not specified, the default is the next prompt. The current setting of SET WRAP TO is obeyed. is optional and specifies which prompt becomes active when the right arrow key is pressed. If not specified, the default is the next prompt. The current setting of SET WRAP TO is obeyed. is optional and specifies which prompt becomes active when the left arrow is pressed. If not specified, the default is the previous prompt. The current setting of SET WRAP TO is obeyed. is optional and is a code block to evaluate whenever the menu item to which it belongs is selected. $DESCRIPTION$ Clipper's @...PROMPT and MENU TO commands are fine as far as they go. But many times you need more flexibility. As you'll no doubt notice if you read the argument list, this function is almost completely flexible. You can adjust locations and colors for every part of the prompt and its associated message. In addition, since you can control the effect of the arrow keys, you can allow both horizontal and vertical movement, or even disable certain arrow keys if you so desire. Support for nested menus is also available, since the prompts are stored in stack-based static arrays. Note that this command can also be called using function-style syntax. See the entry for ft_Prompt() for further details. This enhanced version of @...PROMPT requires the inclusion of the header file ftmenuto.ch in any source file that uses it. It is may be used in place of the standard Clipper @...PROMPT command. However, in the interests of functionality it is NOT 100% compatible. No whining! If compatibility is such a big deal then use the standard Clipper commands. $EXAMPLES$ #include "ftmenuto.ch" // Simple prompt @ 1, 1 PROMPT "Menu choice #1" // Prompt with color @ 3, 1 PROMPT "Menu choice #2" COLOR "W+/R,W+/B" // Prompt with a message @ 5, 1 PROMPT "Menu choice #3" MESSAGE "Go to lunch" // Prompt with pinpoint message control @ 7, 1 PROMPT "Menu choice #4" MESSAGE "Drop Dead" ; MSGROW 22 MSGCOL 4 MSGCOLOR "GR+/N" // Prompt with a trigger character ("#" character) @ 11, 1 PROMPT "Menu choice #6" TRIGGER 13 // Prompt with trigger character color control @ 13, 1 PROMPT "Menu Choice #7" TRIGGER 13 TRIGGERCOLOR "R+/BG,G+/N" // Prompt with right and left arrow keys disabled @ 15, 1 PROMPT "Menu Choice #8" RIGHT 8 LEFT 8 $INCLUDE$ ftmenuto.ch $SEEALSO$ $END$ */ /* $DOC$ $NAME$ ft_MenuTo() $CATEGORY$ Menus/Prompts $ONELINER$ Execute light bar menu using prompts created with @...PROMPT $SYNTAX$ #include "ftmenuto.ch" MENU TO [COLD] $ARGUMENTS$ is the name of the variable to which the result of the menu selection should be assigned. [COLD] is optional and if specified indicates that trigger characters should be treated as "cold," i.e. rather than causing the menu item to be selected it only causes the light bar to move to that selection. $DESCRIPTION$ This enhanced version of MENU TO requires the inclusion of the header file ftmenuto.ch in any source file that uses it. It may be used in place of the standard Clipper MENU TO command. However, in the interests of functionality it is NOT 100% compatible (in particular, you should make sure that the target memvar exists before executing the menu -- the Clipper version will create a PRIVATE memvar for you if it does not already exist, but this version does not). No whining! If compatibility is such a big deal then use the standard Clipper command. Note that this command can also be called using function-style syntax. See the entry for ft_MenuTo() for further details. $EXAMPLES$ #include "ftmenuto.ch" // Simple command MENU TO memvar $INCLUDE$ ftmenuto.ch $SEEALSO$ ft_Prompt() $END$ */