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CloseCommandArea() on menu bar?
Sep 7th, 2007 at 11:37am
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I know I can program a command button on my form to use CloseCommandArea(), but is it possible to put it on the menu bar?
  
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Re: CloseCommandArea() on menu bar?
Reply #1 - Sep 7th, 2007 at 12:21pm
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Put this in the On Application Open event:
CloseCommandArea(1)
AddCommandToMenuBar("Command Area/Open", "", "CloseCommandArea(0)")
AddCommandToMenuBar("Command Area/Close", "", "CloseCommandArea(1)")

This will start the application with the command area closed. If you want to start it with the command area open, just remove the 1st line.

BTW, don't forget that if you start it open, the View menu already has controls for this.
  

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Re: CloseCommandArea() on menu bar?
Reply #2 - Sep 7th, 2007 at 12:30pm
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Thanks Carl, that's great!  I'll give it a try.
  
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Re: CloseCommandArea() on menu bar?
Reply #3 - Sep 7th, 2007 at 12:46pm
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AddCommandToMenuBar("Command Area/Open", "", "CloseCommandArea(0)")

Could one of the Lanticans show an example of the shortcut parameter, other than simply a one letter entry like "O" or "C"?

In other words, how could I allow for things like "Alt+O" and "Alt+C"?
  

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Re: CloseCommandArea() on menu bar?
Reply #4 - Sep 7th, 2007 at 1:55pm
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Hello Carl,

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 AddCommandToMenuBar("&Command Area/&Open", "", "CloseCommandArea(0)")


Will have a shortcut of Alt+C+O

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Re: CloseCommandArea() on menu bar?
Reply #5 - Sep 7th, 2007 at 2:01pm
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Just add "&" in front of the char you want to be the hot key.. Does not need to be the first character.  Can do something like "Pri&nt Label" to get ALT-n as the hot key.


Edited:  Looks like Ray was faster, I did not see his example, but perhaps this text will help explain.
  


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Re: CloseCommandArea() on menu bar?
Reply #6 - Sep 8th, 2007 at 3:40pm
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I'm familiar with the practice of inserting "&". I've been using that in my command buttons on my custom menu system for quite a while.

I was referring to the shortcut parameter which I've highlighted here:
AddCommandToMenuBar("Command Area/Open", "", "CloseCommandArea(0)")

For instance, if I place an "O" or a "C" there, the Command Area menu will look something like this:
Open          O
Close          C

But I was curious if someone could have it like this:
Open          Alt+O
Close          Alt+C

The goal being that they could simply press Alt+O or Alt+C, without having to first open the Command Area menu, or press a 3 key shortcut like Alt+C+O.

Here are some clips from the programming manual; "shortcut" is the parameter that I'm asking about. The manual doesn't explain much about it.
Quote:
AddCommandToMenubar(command, shortcut , program)

It takes three parameters: The title of the custom menu along with the text of its
selectable item, the shortcut key, if any, and the programming command to run.

  

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