csbrod@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Claus Brod) (03/13/91)
vsnyder@jato.jpl.nasa.gov (Van Snyder) writes: >Can a DA have a menu bar? Unfortunately, it cannot. A GEM restriction. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Claus Brod, Am Felsenkeller 2, Things. Take. Time. D-8772 Marktheidenfeld, West Germany (Piet Hein) csbrod@medusa.informatik.uni-erlangen.de ----------------------------------------------------------------------
rosenkra@convex.com (William Rosencranz) (03/14/91)
In article <1991Mar13.101646.23814@informatik.uni-erlangen.de> csbrod@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Claus Brod) writes: >vsnyder@jato.jpl.nasa.gov (Van Snyder) writes: > >>Can a DA have a menu bar? > >Unfortunately, it cannot. A GEM restriction. strickly speaking, it can't be a GEM-controlled menubar, but there is nothing stopping you from writing your own, say under the AC window's title/status bar, or even popup menus. these would work more or less like dialogs. just watch out for getting sued if you are successful :-) -bill rosenkra@convex.com -- Bill Rosenkranz |UUCP: {uunet,texsun}!convex!c1yankee!rosenkra Convex Computer Corp. |ARPA: rosenkra%c1yankee@convex.com
fortinp@bwdls56.Berkeley.EDU (Pierre Fortin) (03/16/91)
In article <1991Mar14.084731.14194@convex.com>, rosenkra@convex.com (William Rosencranz) writes: |>In article <1991Mar13.101646.23814@informatik.uni-erlangen.de> csbrod@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Claus Brod) writes: |>>vsnyder@jato.jpl.nasa.gov (Van Snyder) writes: |>> |>>>Can a DA have a menu bar? |>> |>>Unfortunately, it cannot. A GEM restriction. |> |>strickly speaking, it can't be a GEM-controlled menubar, but there is |>nothing stopping you from writing your own, say under the AC window's |>title/status bar, or even popup menus. these would work more or less |>like dialogs. just watch out for getting sued if you are successful :-) |> Have a look at STalker/STeno... They can run as DA/PRG and menu bars exist in either invocation. |>-- |>Bill Rosenkranz |UUCP: {uunet,texsun}!convex!c1yankee!rosenkra |>Convex Computer Corp. |ARPA: rosenkra%c1yankee@convex.com Cheers, Pierre Fortin fortinp@bnr.ca (613)763-2598
mc4c+@andrew.cmu.edu (Mark Choi) (03/16/91)
> Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.atari.st.tech: 15-Mar-91 Re: DA's and > MenuBar Pierre Fortin@bwdls56.Be (1006) > |>>>Can a DA have a menu bar? > |>> > |>>Unfortunately, it cannot. A GEM restriction. > |> > |>strickly speaking, it can't be a GEM-controlled menubar, but there is > |>nothing stopping you from writing your own, say under the AC window's > |>title/status bar, or even popup menus. these would work more or less > |>like dialogs. just watch out for getting sued if you are successful :-) > |> > Have a look at STalker/STeno... They can run as DA/PRG and menu bars > exist in either invocation. And in addition to these fine works of software, there is a DA paint program that, when it's DA slot is selected from the menu, replaces the desk menu with it's own thus allowing a menu selection. Once this is done, the next time you drop the desk menu on down, it is back to normal.
pegram@kira.UUCP (Robert B. Pegram) (03/20/91)
From article <1991Mar12.234442.13474@jato.jpl.nasa.gov>, by vsnyder@jato.jpl.nasa.gov (Van Snyder): > Can a DA have a menu bar? > > I have a program that, when run as a PRG, paints and responds to its > menu bar just fine. When run as an ACC, the next meaningful action after > MenuBar(...) is reaching for the reset button. If I take out the MenuBar(), > the rest of the ACC works fine. > > Is this a GEM restriction, or am I just not holding my mouth right? > > Thanks in advance. > > -- > vsnyder@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov > ames!elroy!jato!vsnyder > vsnyder@jato.uucp Yup, no DA can touch the menu bar. However,try and get in touch with Eric Rosenquist (SP?????) here or elsewhere. His program, STeno does what you want *very nicely* with a separate menu bar inside the window (menus even "drop up" from the bottom if they can't drop down properly). Perhaps he could give you some pointers, or maybe even release his code - when it's no longer a major selling point of his programs 8-). I'd love to be able to do that - even with regular programs. ciao, Bob Pegram pegram@griffin.uvm.edu or ...!uvm-gen!pegram