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- > I need a(n assembly) routine to let menus stay on screen until RMB is pressed,
- >I mean: u press RMB and menus appear, but I need they stay even if u leave the
- >utton, to work u should press the button again.
- >
- > Also Id like to know what kind of problems a menu can cause: if I have animati
- >ns, will they go? (either by Anim or within Amal... etc.) Have u find problems
- >ith music or other "background tasks"?
- >
- > Thankx in advance!
- >
- > Andy - naimoli@cli.di.unipi.it
-
- Hi,
-
- If I understand your problem correctly, you want a menu to drop down and
- present a list of options, and for the main program to continue running
- regardless of whether the RMB has been pressed again or not. Unless the Amos
- menu system is OS/Magic-Menu (or other program) compliant, which it almost
- certainly isn't, you will have to write your own routine to draw a box, border
- it, list the options, and then check for mouse click within the "menu". This
- isn't really very difficult, and you can periodically check from within the
- main program for a menu action.
-
- However if what you want is for the main program to update the screen *under*
- the menu bar, then life suddenly becomes very interesting indeed. (I'd
- recommend redesigning the interface, it would take much less time to do, and
- wouldn't slow the program down). Alternatively use windows, but these really
- suck when used with AMAL.
-
- Nick
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