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====== MENU SYSTEM ======= | ====== MENU SYSTEM ======= | ||
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+ | | [[themes|Themes]] | ||
+ | | [[menu_commands|Menu Command Reference]] | ||
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=== Command List === | === Command List === | ||
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When a menu is first opened for editing, the default view is the list | When a menu is first opened for editing, the default view is the list | ||
of options defined in the menu. This view is presented first because | of options defined in the menu. This view is presented first because | ||
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- | * Insert | + | |
- | * Delete | + | |
- | * Copy - Copy the highlighted command | + | |
- | * Paste - Paste the copied command | + | |
- | * View - View the generated menu. | + | |
- | * Settings - Adjust the settings of the menu | + | |
=== Menu settings === | === Menu settings === | ||
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* **Description** - Set the description of the Menu as seen in the Menu List. | * **Description** - Set the description of the Menu as seen in the Menu List. | ||
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* **Access** | * **Access** | ||
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* **Fallback** | * **Fallback** | ||
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* **Menu Type** | * **Menu Type** | ||
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* **Input Type** | * **Input Type** | ||
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* **Input Chars** - This defines how user input is visually represented on the menu. If set to Uppercase, then the user input will be displayed as uppercase. | * **Input Chars** - This defines how user input is visually represented on the menu. If set to Uppercase, then the user input will be displayed as uppercase. | ||
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* **Use Global** | * **Use Global** | ||
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* **Node Status** - Sets the text that will be displayed for the user's " | * **Node Status** - Sets the text that will be displayed for the user's " | ||
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* **Display File** - When left blank, Mystic will automatically generate a menu based on the configured menu options and the user's access to them. However, a menu can be replaced by defining the base filename (the filename without the .asc or .ans extension) to be loaded from the Theme' | * **Display File** - When left blank, Mystic will automatically generate a menu based on the configured menu options and the user's access to them. However, a menu can be replaced by defining the base filename (the filename without the .asc or .ans extension) to be loaded from the Theme' | ||
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* **Display Cols** - Sets the number of columns Mystic will use to format the menu options when generating a menu. Valid options are 1-9, or H for Hidden. | * **Display Cols** - Sets the number of columns Mystic will use to format the menu options when generating a menu. Valid options are 1-9, or H for Hidden. | ||
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* **Menu Header** - Defines the header to be displayed before the list of generated menu commands. | * **Menu Header** - Defines the header to be displayed before the list of generated menu commands. | ||
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* **Menu Prompt** - Defines the prompt to be displayed after the menu is displayed. | * **Menu Prompt** - Defines the prompt to be displayed after the menu is displayed. | ||
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* **X, Y** - The X and Y positions to park the cursor after the menu has been drawn on the screen. | * **X, Y** - The X and Y positions to park the cursor after the menu has been drawn on the screen. | ||
=== Menu Types === | === Menu Types === | ||
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|Lightbar/ | |Lightbar/ | ||
- | === Command | + | === Option |
- | The Command | + | The Option |
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- | * Display Text - The text that is displayed in the Command List window list. | + | |
- | * Lightbar Low - The text that is displayed when this lightbar menu option is cold. | + | |
- | * Lightbar High- The text that is displayed when this lightbar menu option is hot. | + | |
- | * Hot Key - The keyboard keys that will activate this command. | + | |
- | * Access - Define the ACS string for this menu. Use CTRL-L | + | |
- | * X,Y - The X,Y location for the Lightbar Low and and Lightbar High text | + | |
- | * Timer - Sets the number of seconds to activate the Timer-based execution or 0 to disable a time-based execution of this menu command. | + | |
- | * Timer Type - Sets the type of time-based execution. | + | |
- | * Redraw - If set to TRUE the menu will be redrawn after this menu selection is executed. | + | |
- | * Up, Down, Left, Right, Home, Escape, Tab, PageUp, PageDn, End - These are used only by Grid style menus and each one defines which menu command ID to switch to when the user presses the key with this command highlighted. | + | |
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This allows very intricate configuration of menu selection behavior at the expense of complexity. | This allows very intricate configuration of menu selection behavior at the expense of complexity. | ||
- | Each command | + | Each option |
- | Select (TAB) to toggle between the command | + | |
+ | === Menu Command Editor === | ||
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+ | Many menu commands can be defined to be executed by a single menu option. | ||
- | === Sub Command Editor === | + | A list of menu commands can be found in the [[menu_commands|Menu Command Reference]] |
- | Many sub commands can be stacked | + | |
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- | *Command - Select from a picklist | + | |
- | *Data - The optional data field to use for menu commands that require more information. | + | |
- | *Access - The ACS string to use for this sub command | + | |
- | *Execute - Execute the sub command on which grid event. | + | |
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