MENUFILE

Purpose:

Reads a text menu file and returns the menu on the screen in accordance with the specified parameters.

Syntax:

MENUFILE(x, y, fg, bg, "filename")

x	-	Optional. An integer, the x-coordinate in text columns. Defaults to -1 (centered).
y	-	Optional. An integer, the y-coordinate in text columns. Defaults to -1 (centered).
fg	-	Optional. An integer, the color of menu text. Defaults to the system defined color.
bg	-	Optional. An integer, the background color of the menu. Defaults to the system defined color.
"filename"	-	A string. The name of the menu file.

Example:

menufile(0,0,"MENU1.MEN")

reads the menu file MENU1.MEN and displays the menu in the upper-left corner of the Worksheet.

Example:

MENUFILE accepts a filename with a dialog box specification:

// test.pan - file based menu

@panel

{defvar('myvar', 10)}

File Based Menu

Input <w=30 d=0>~myvar = <{myvar}>~input(2)

<L>

~menuclear

// end of test.pan

The dialog is invoked with MENUFILE:

menufile("test.pan")

Remarks:

The upper left-hand corner of the screen is the origin, with coordinates of x=0, y=0. The screen has dimensions of 80 columns by 24 rows. The bottom right-hand corner of the screen has coordinates x=80, y=24. To center the menu, set x and y to -1.

See MENULIST to create a dialog box from a list of strings.

See Creating DADiSP Menus for more details on dialog box creation and implementation.

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