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U S E R M E N U version 1.00 ----------------------------------------- MENU is a standard Estex program which, based on configuration files, displays a menu to the user and invokes the corresponding action. An action may be to invoke an Estex program or to display another menu. You can invoke the user menu by just typing 'menu' at the command prompt. And you should see a window that looks similar to the one below. ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º User Menu º ÇÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄĶ º±±±Item±1±±±±º º Item 2 º º Item 3 º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ Menus may be either static or dynamic, depending on the needs of the application. Static menus are stored in the files with a *.mnu extenstion (see below for the file format). When you start menu, program has read required *.mnu file and displays it. If you start menu.exe without any parameters then program will search file default.mnu in the current directory. Dynamic menus are generated by a program which get menu structure from switch "-m". The format is the same as for a static menu except ";" used as delimiter for each line of menu structure. (example: "menu.exe -m title=My menu;menuitem= Item1, prog1.exe;menuitem=Item2, prog2.exe".) USAGE ======= MENU.EXE [-switches] [menufile.mnu] [menusection] Format of User Menu file ========================== A single MENUNAME.MNU file can define several different menu definitions. To define user menu, you use the following special MENU commands: [MENU] Title=Menu Title MenuColor=1 BarColor=3 AutoExit=0 DefaultItem=1 MenuItem=Text, c:\dir\program.exe -key To define multiple configurations, follow these general steps: 1 Define a startup menu in the DEFAULT.MNU file by using a [MENU] header followed by one or more <MENUITEM> commands. The <TITLE>, <DEFAULTITEM>, <MENUCOLOR>, <BARCOLOR> and <AUTOEXIT> commands can be used to define special characteristics of the startup menu. 2 Create a menu definition block in the DEFAULT.MNU file for each menu you want. A definition block begins with a block header - a name surrounded by square brackets. TITLE ======= Defines a title of the user menu. Syntax TITLE=title_text Parameter title_text Specifies the title you want USERMENU to display for this menu. The menu title can be up to 78 characters long and can contain any characters you want. If you don't specify a title value, USERMENU will display 'User Menu' as default. -*- MENUCOLOR =========== Sets the text and background colors for the user menu. Syntax MENUCOLOR=[t,]m Parameters t Specifies the color of the menu text. You can specify a value from 0 to 15; For a list of values and colors, see "Color Values" later in this topic. The 't' value is optional; if you do not specify a value, USERMENU displays a white text color on the specified background color. m Specifies the color of the menu background. You can specify a value from 0 to 15; For a list of values and colors, see "Color Values" later in this topic. Be sure to specify different values for t and m, or the text will not be readable. BARCOLOR =========== Sets the text and background colors for the cursor bar. Syntax BARCOLOR=[t,]m Parameters t Specifies the color of the bar text. You can specify a value from 0 to 15; For a list of values and colors, see "Color Values" later in this topic. The 't' value is optional; if you do not specify a value, USERMENU displays a black text color on the specified background color. m Specifies the color of the bar background. You can specify a value from 0 to 15; For a list of values and colors, see "Color Values" later in this topic. Be sure to specify different values for t and m, or the text will not be readable. Color Values -------------- Valid color values are from 0 to 15, as follows: 0 Black 8 Gray 1 Blue 9 Bright blue 2 Green 10 Bright green 3 Cyan 11 Bright cyan 4 Red 12 Bright red 5 Magenta 13 Bright magenta 6 Brown 14 Yellow 7 White 15 Bright white Note: For background, colors 8 through 15 blink. -*- AUTOEXIT ========== Specifies method of the command launcher. Syntax AUTOEXIT=[0|1] Parameters 0 If set to 0, then USERMENU displays menu again, when command are terminated. 1 If set to 1, then USERMENU don not displays menu again, when command are terminated. -*- MENUDEFAULT ============= Specifies the default menu item on the user menu and sets a timeout value if desired. If you do not use this command, USERMENU sets the default to item 1. Syntax MENUDEFAULT=item[,timeout] Parameters item Specifies the default menu item by its number. The item must be defined elsewhere in the *.MNU file. When USERMENU displays the startup menu, the default menu item is highlighted. timeout Determines how many seconds USERMENU waits before starting the program with the default item. If you don't specify a timeout value, USERMENU does not continue until the ENTER key is pressed or mouse is clicked. You can specify a timeout value from 0 to 60 seconds. -*- MENUITEM ========== Defines an item on the startup menu. You can have up to twenty four menu items per menu. Syntax MENUITEM=menu_text, command Parameters menu_text Specifies the text you want USERMENU to display for this menu item. The menu text can be up to 78 characters long and can contain any characters you want. command Specifies the name of the associated program or command. If the menu item is selected from the startup menu, USERMENU carries out the command. -*- Please contact us if you have any problems or have a suggestion! PETERS PLUS LTD http://www.petersplus.com e-mail: sprinter@petersplus.ru