GUI: Widgets, Pictures and Menus
How to add pulldown menu entries with ILF
Here is a sample menu structure to create: Daily -- Transactions ----- Enter Transactions ----- Print Journal Monthly -- Postings ----- Balancing Report ----- Post Transactions To create this, enter the following in pre-display: * * Restore and set defaults for creating CHILD widget records * RESTORE --- WIDGET DEFAULT RECORD SET --- WIDGET PARENT TYPE = CHILD SET --- WIDGET POSITION ROW = 0 SET --- WIDGET POSITION COLUMN = * * Create the "Daily" top level pulldown * SET --- WIDGET LABEL = Daily SET --- WIDGET GROUP NAME = SET --- WIDGET OPTION = USER 1 SET --- WIDGET SHORTCUT = D SET --- WIDGET ADD TO MENU = Y GOSUB :WRITE CHILD WIDGET * * Create the "Transactions" pullout menu and attach to "Daily" * SET --- WIDGET LABEL = Transactions SET --- WIDGET GROUP NAME = Daily SET --- WIDGET OPTION = USER 2 SET --- WIDGET SHORTCUT = T SET --- WIDGET ADD TO MENU = Y GOSUB :WRITE CHILD WIDGET * * Create the "Enter Transactions" item and attach to "Transacti.." * SET --- WIDGET LABEL = Enter Transactions SET --- WIDGET GROUP NAME = Transactions SET --- WIDGET OPTION = USER 3 SET --- WIDGET SHORTCUT = E SET --- WIDGET ADD TO MENU = Y GOSUB :WRITE CHILD WIDGET * * Create the "Print Journal" item and attach to "Transactions" * SET --- WIDGET LABEL = Print Journal SET --- WIDGET GROUP NAME = Transactions SET --- WIDGET OPTION = USER 4 SET --- WIDGET SHORTCUT = P SET --- WIDGET ADD TO MENU = Y GOSUB :WRITE CHILD WIDGET * * Create the "Monthly" top level pulldown * SET --- WIDGET LABEL = Monthly SET --- WIDGET GROUP NAME = SET --- WIDGET OPTION = USER 11 SET --- WIDGET SHORTCUT = M SET --- WIDGET ADD TO MENU = Y GOSUB :WRITE CHILD WIDGET * * Create the "Postings" pullout menu and attach to "Monthly" * SET --- WIDGET LABEL = Postings SET --- WIDGET GROUP NAME = Monthly SET --- WIDGET OPTION = USER 12 SET --- WIDGET SHORTCUT = P SET --- WIDGET ADD TO MENU = Y GOSUB :WRITE CHILD WIDGET * * Create the "Balancing Report" item and attach to "Postings" * SET --- WIDGET LABEL = Balancing Report SET --- WIDGET GROUP NAME = Postings SET --- WIDGET OPTION = USER 12 SET --- WIDGET SHORTCUT = B SET --- WIDGET ADD TO MENU = Y GOSUB :WRITE CHILD WIDGET * * Create the "Post Transactions" item and attach to "Postings" * SET --- WIDGET LABEL = Post Transactions SET --- WIDGET GROUP NAME = Postings SET --- WIDGET OPTION = USER 14 SET --- WIDGET SHORTCUT = P SET --- WIDGET ADD TO MENU = Y GOSUB :WRITE CHILD WIDGET * END * * Write WIDGET and increment POSITION ROW to create unique keys * LABEL :WRITE CHILD WIDGET WRITE --- WIDGET FAIL 0 - COMPUTE --- WIDGET POSITION ROW + 1 F GOTO :WRITE CHILD WIDGET RETURN