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From: cyosta@taux02.UUCP ( Yossie Silverman )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: a message box for the finder?
Message-ID: <408@taux02.UUCP>
Date: 16 Jan 89 13:54:43 GMT
References: <730078@hpcilzb.HP.COM> <6195@hoptoad.uucp> <13370@cup.portal.com> <6229@hoptoad.uucp>
Reply-To: taux01!cyosta@nsc.UUCP ( Yossie Silverman )
Organization: National Semiconductor (IC) Ltd, Israel
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In article <6229@hoptoad.uucp> tim@hoptoad.UUCP (Tim Maroney) writes:
.
.However, you can put a menu shortcut key into a DA.  Just put the magic
.menu manager metacharacters into the DA resource name.  Then when the
.application does an AddResMenu, the shortcut will appear normally in
.the apple menu.  As long as it doesn't conflict with an application
.shortcut, it will work just fine.  (Disclaimer: I haven't actually
.done this.)
.

I should think this wouldn't work.  When a DA is selected, the application
usually does a GetMenuItem to get its name.  Since AddResMenu already
stripped off the /<char> from the name, the name will not match any DRVR
which is available, certainly not the correct one.  The only way I know to
do what you want to do is use Quickeys, Tempo, or, MacroMaker.


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