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From: Peter_Francis@mindlink.bc.ca (Peter Francis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: custom menus
Message-ID: <6445@mindlink.bc.ca>
Date: 21 Jun 91 20:53:05 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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I have two problems. 1 is that when I open a stack directly (ie by double
clicking on the icon from the finder level) the openstack handler seems to run
twice. Which is often annoying. In two stacks I create custom menuitems in
openstack and am constantly facing the message "Menu X" already exists. So I
have to cancel before proceding. Can I test for the existence of the menu item
in the script and skip the second creation process? Similarly my addressbook
stack asks me the name of the person I am looking for and finds it. It also
does this twice if I open from outside HC. The second problem with the menus is
that on CloseStack I use the handler "reset menubar". This takes about ten
seconds (I haven't timed it but it is much longer than actually creating the
menu in the first place). Can I speed this up or is there a faster way to undo
my menu customization?