one case for all options in Option Menu

[sphere]

Hello,
i got 2 questions of which the first i maybe can figure out myself.

I want to fill the options in the Option Menu with a list from a txt file. (1 option per line)
In this txt file extra options can be added. Via a entry field and a button which adds this line to the txt file.

-How do i populate the Option Menu with such a list? (when opening the stack or when saving the list after adding)

Now the most important:
How can i make sure that no matter which option is choosen in the Option Menu,
that always the same 'case' is being executed like: send "mouseUp" to btn"load"
Because now i have to create a case for each option.
But i don't want to reprogram the Option Menu every time a Choice is added, after all it's an exe by then.

Thanks for any help on this.
Sphere

[Klaus]

Dag sphere,

-How do i populate the Option Menu with such a list? (when opening the stack or when saving the list after adding)

...
set the text of btn "your option button here..." to url("file:" & "path/to/your/textfile.txt")
...

Now the most important:
How can i make sure that no matter which option is choosen in the Option Menu,
that always the same 'case' is being executed like: send "mouseUp" to btn"load"
Because now i have to create a case for each option.
But i don't want to reprogram the Option Menu every time a Choice is added, after all it's an exe by then.

Sorry, don't get this?
Maybe:

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on menupick WhatEver
  do_the_one_thing
end menupick

?

Best

Klaus

[dunbarx]

Hi.

The menuItems in an option menu are simply the contents of that button. Did you know that buttons are containers?

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put "x" & return & "y" & return & "z" into btn "yourOption"
answer btn "yourOption"
answer the text of btn "yourOption"

I am not sure what your second question is about. You say you want the same "case" regardless of what option is chosen.

You say you want a "case" for new options that might be added on the fly. Well, that can be done, but it will depend either on the text itself, or its position in the list, or, perhaps, a common action dependent on a choice from that list. So, for example, if you loaded the above three menuItems, and each was a reference to a card name, you could:

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on menuPick pItemName
go cd pItemName

And now it does not matter what new items are added, as long as there is a card with that name. Do you see? The common action (going to a card) will implement what I think is what you want, but am not sure.

Maybe write back with your comments,

Craig Newman

[sphere]

Gutentag Klaus and Hello Craig,

thank you both for your comments.
Meanwhile the first i figured out how to populate the option menu with a list.

With the second question i mean this:

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on menuPick pItemName
   switch pItemName
     send "mouseUp" to btn"load"
   end switch
end menuPick

but that did not work.
This seems to work ok

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on menuPick
send "mouseUp" to btn"load"
end menuPick

thanks for your superfast help so far!

[dunbarx]

Well, if that is what you needed, great. Two things:

1- If you use a switch statement, you must have a case statement:

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on menuPick pItemName
   switch pItemName
     case "anyChoiceAtAllApparently"
       send "mouseUp" to btn"load"
       break
   end switch
end menuPick

Or, if you want, lose the menuPick handler entirely, since it is not used, and:

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on mouseUp
   send "mouseUp" to btn"load"
end mouseUp

Craig

[sphere]

Thanks Craig!

The first one i knew, the second not.
Great!