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From: darin@nova.laic.uucp (Darin Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: MyMenu with IconX scripts?
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Date: 3 Aug 89 02:39:43 GMT
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In article <0657.AA0657@worsel> blaine@worsel.UUCP (Blaine Gardner) writes:
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>Is it possible to get MyMenu to work with IconX scripts? I've got several of
>my games setup with IconX scripts that make the assigns needed to get the
>game to run, run the game, then cancel the assigns after the game exits.

Yes, this 'anomoly' showed up real quick after I first posted it.  Later
postings (same version) included a workaround.  Problem is, I naively
assumed there would be a tool icon, which there isn't with IconX or
Xicon.

Easy workaround that works fine for me and other users is to make
the menu a CLI menu, instead of a WB menu, and use EXECUTE as the command.
For example:

  menu <F> Foo Bar | CLI c:execute baz:iconx_script

This won't work for some Xicon scripts though, since some of them have
commands embedded in the .info file instead of having a script.
I haven't tried creating a dummy .info file, but I expect that would work
also.

Other wierd things FYI:
  Paths aren't inherited, so doing NEWCLI from MyMenu will have a CLI
  without a path (same as dmouse).

  A NEWPREFS IntuiMessage causes the menus to go away (since WB redraws
  its menus).  When this happens, just quit it and restart.

  The source was posted with SHAR, so some of the graphics characters
  were converted to ascii (such as the copyright symbol, and the >>
  symbol).

>PS I just tried it with Browser, and it failed too. "Can't open tool
>Error 121" was the error message.

Yup, I used WBrun as a skeleton when doing the workbench stuff, and since
that is by the same author as Browser...

PS: Supposedly WB 1.4 will have customizable menus.  Anyone know for
    sure how much functionality it has?  I am not seriously planning a new
    version unless WB 1.4 is limited.  (MyMenu has multiple menus,
    submenus, color for item text, WB or CLI commands, and configuration
    by a text file)

Darin Johnson (leadsv!laic!darin@pyramid.pyramid.com)
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