I am utilizing part of the code that Bill Halpern published in the December 2004 Inside Sesame newsletter on Creating Custom Menus, Part 1.

I find the following:

1.  When you open or preview your application, the custom menu appears but with the Add Data Menu on the left hand side.

2. Two tabs appear at bottom left: Application Menu and Add Data Menu tabs. 

Is there a way to shut the Add Data Menu off ? I presume not, otherwise you wouldn't be able to add or search/update.

What is the purpose of having the App Menu tab at the bottom left when it is rendered non-functional ?

3. I have programmed a "Backup Application" button but it doesn't seem to work:

Var vMenu as Int

vMenu = @SelectTreeItem("RBA Accounting!Application Utilities!Backup Application")

I was hoping to actually program the button to bring up all Application Utilities options but couldn't get it to work either.  I took off the programming to hide this part of the tree but I still can't see it in the App menu tab.

My code in Application property Manager currently is:

var VTree as Int
var VHideTree as Int

//Hide all tree items at Application Menu level

vHideTree = @HideTreeItem("RBA Accounting!Forms")


//Open main menu

vTree = @SelectTreeItem("RBA Accounting!Forms!Add Data!Menu!Menu")

//set the Custom Menu to be the default form

SetDefaultTab("Add Data Menu")

Thanks,

Louis

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Yes. The Custom Menu is opened in Add Data mode. It is just another form.

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What do you mean shut it off? You can hide the menu tree.

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Because it is still functional. If it was not there then @SelectTreeItem() could not be used to open any other forms.

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Double Check your spelling. I just tried it here in the sample Customers.db application and it does bring up the backup application dialog box.

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You can program a button to switch to the application menu tab.

-Ray

Ray:

In response to your question:

"What do you mean shut it off? You can hide the menu tree. "

Currently, when I open the application, I can see the Add Data menu tree on the left side of the screen and my custom menu to the right.  When I open a database from the custom menu buttons, leave it open, click on the Add data menu, at that point, the custom menu fills the entire screen and the tree menu disappears.

If I escape out of an open database, my add data menu tree appears again.

I would like to hide it altogether from the moment I access the application but can't seem to do it. 

Does that sound confusing or do you need further clarification ?

Thanks,

Louis

Sebastian:

Thanks for the tip, that solved the tree on open of the application. 

However, if I open a database and escape out,  the add data tree re-appears.

Thanks,

Louis

Hello Louis,

Check your programming and see if CloseCommandArea(0) is  being called anywhere.

Also what version of Sesame are you running?

-Ray