*MenuItem()

Creates a user-defined menu item.

Syntax

*MenuItem (var_name, label [ MACRO|REPORT|TOOL|EXE|SCRIPT|TCL, res_name], [Tcl_Procedure])

Application

MotionView, HyperView, HyperGraph, TextView, and MediaView.

Inputs

var_name
The variable name of the menu item (currently not used).
label
The label to be displayed in the interface.
MACRO|REPORT|TOOL|EXE|SCRIPT|TCL
The resource type to be associated with the menu item, namely, a macro, shell, report, or custom wizard, executable, script, or Tcl command.
res_name
The resource name to be associated with the menu item.
Tcl_Procedure
If this optional argument is included, a Tcl procedure can be executed. This works even when the res_name argument is empty.

Context

*BeginMenu()

*BeginPlotDefaults()

*BeginDefaults()

Examples

*BeginDefaults()
   *BeginPlotDefaults()
      *RegisterTemplexFunction("Filter_functions.tpl")
      *BeginMenu(filter_menu,"Filter")
         *MenuItem(dummy,"Batch General", MACRO, macro_batch)
         *MenuItem(dummy,"Batch Mirror", MACRO, macro_batchmir)
         *MenuItem(dummy,"Butterworth", MACRO, macro_butter)
         *MenuItem(dummy,"FIR100", MACRO, macro_fir)
         *MenuItem(dummy,"Freq Domain Diff", MACRO, macro_fdd)
         *MenuItem(dummy,"IR", MACRO, macro_ir)
         *MenuItem(dummy,"Resample", MACRO, macro_sample)
         *Separator()
         *MenuItem(dummy,"SAE60", MACRO, macro_sae60)
         *MenuItem(dummy,"SAE180", MACRO, macro_sae180)
         *MenuItem(dummy,"SAE600", MACRO, macro_sae600)
         *MenuItem(dummy,"SAE1000", MACRO, macro_sae1000)
         *MenuItem(dummy,"SAE General", MACRO, macro_sae)
         *MenuItem(dummy,"SAE Mirror", MACRO, macro_saemir)
      *EndMenu()
   *EndPlotDefaults()
*EndDefaults()
*BeginDefaults()
   *BeginPlotDefaults()
      *BeginMenu(dummy,"Demo")
         *MenuItem(dummy, "Start tk_messageBox", Tcl,,"tk_messageBox -message Success")
   *EndPlotDefaults()
*EndDefaults()

Comments

When this menu item is selected, the object associated with it is displayed.

If the resource type (MACRO|REPORT|TOOL) and res_name are not specified, the menu item appears in the menu but does not perform any action when selected.