Hi Thomas,

There is no MNX file. Just a regular DBF that they use to generate the menus. The dbf doesn't have info that relates to what the POPUP names will be.


>Hi David,
>
>is it an option, to dive into the db tables that contain the menu definitions?
>
>>Hello Thomas,
>>
>>Thank you for your detailed reply. I think though that I didn't explain myself well enough. I do not have access to the startup code that builds the system's menus. I am using an Accounting System - Accountmate, which only exposes part of the source code. The code that builds the menus (from a dbf) is hidden from me. So the popups are already built and defined by the time I have my entry point into the code where I need to modify their contents. Therefore, unless I am misunderstanding what your code does, I don't think I would be able to utilize it.
>>
>>>Hi David,
>>>
>>>could you (instead of n-popups) create just one popup on the fly and dismiss it after usage, as you already generate them programmatically with db metadata.
>>>
>>>As long as you only use one popupmenue there is no need for finding others ;-)
>>>
>>>Perhaps this code snippet gives you an idea. Surely you would have to modify the Add2Popup calls to take care of your db content, but that should be done easily.
>>>
>>>Just my two cents ;-)
>>>
>>>

>>>MakePopup()
>>>Add2Popup([\<1 My First Selection],   1,[-])
>>>Add2Popup([\-],                    9998,[-])
>>>Add2Popup([\<0 Cancel],            9999,[-])
>>>ShowPopup()
>>>
>>>IF VARTYPE(PopUpMenueSelection) = [N]
>>>	IF PopUpMenueSelection = 1
>>>		myHandler.DoMyFirstSelection()
>>>	ENDIF 
>>>ENDIF 
>>>
>>>FUNCTION makepopup
>>>	DEFINE POPUP Pop1 shortcut relative from mrow(), mcol()
>>>	PUBLIC PopupMenueSelection
>>>ENDFUNC 
>>>
>>>FUNCTION add2popup
>>>LPARAMETERS vPrompt, vValue, vMessage
>>>	DEFINE BAR (vValue) OF Pop1 PROMPT vPrompt MESSAGE vMessage
>>>ENDFUNC 
>>>
>>>FUNCTION showpopup
>>>	ON SELECTION popup pop1 PopupMenueSelection = BAR()
>>>	ACTIVATE POPUP Pop1
>>>	RELEASE POPUP Pop1 extended 
>>>ENDFUNC 
>>>

>>>
>>>>I know about most or all of the menu functions like prmbar(), getbar(), popup(), etc.
>>>>However these don't appear to be getting me what I need.
>>>>
>>>>I would like to get a list, collection, array, whatever, of defined popups. Is this possible?
>>>>
>>>>The reason I need this is because I have an application for which I only have 'limited source'. The menus are built programmatically from a database, and there is no mnx or mpr. I want to be able to remove or add menu items on the fly, but I can't figure out a way to do this if I don't know the names of the popups.
>>>>
>>>>e.g. release bar 1 of MYPOPUP
>>>>
>>>>but I don't know the name MYPOPUP.