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- Key Word Crossreference/Quick Reference Card: PullDown v2.30 Menu Shell
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- By Usage:
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- Menu Definition Commands:
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- DEF
- Defines a new title heading to follow, and a new pulldown set.
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- %TitleString
- 1) When immediately following DEF, defines top menu selection
- 2) When second through last for a menu, defines the title of the
- selection definition that follows it.
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- !AUTO!
- Anywhere in a .DEF file causes automatic execution of following
- valid .DEF commands on entry to menu.
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- +BatchCommand
- Following a %TitleString defines a DOS batch command associated
- with the preceding selection title.
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- 'CommentString
- Anything preceded by ' is a comment and ignored by PullDown.
- Embedded comments are not supported, so keep them on separate
- lines.
- HI=nn
- Defines the HiLite Key to show in a menu selection. nn=count to
- character position, where the first letter is considered 0.
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- PASS=PassWord
- ?QuestionString
- OKBOX=PromptString
- YORN=PromptString
- SCROLLBOX=HelpFile,HeaderString
- @MenuFile.DEF
- LOADFILE=FileSpec,HeadingString
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- And the basic structure of ALL .DEF files is:
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- DEF
- %TopBar Title One
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- %First Selection
- HI=nn
- +batch command
- +batch command
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- %Second Selection
- HI=nn
- +batch command
- +batch command
- DEF
- %TopBar Title Two, appearing to the RIGHT of the preceding menu
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- %First Selection, Menu Two
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- Up to 10 across (limited to 59 total characters in width of selection titles)
- and the number of screen rows activated less four down the page.
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- Keyword toggles: REQUIRED/NOTREQUIRED for ?Inputs, ABORT halts an option.
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