Template

Function

Name

__AtPrompt()

Category

API

Subcategory

User interface

Oneliner

Display a menu item on screen and define a message

Syntax

      __AtPrompt( <nRow>,  <nCol>,  <cPrompt>,  [<xMsg>] ) --> .F.

Arguments

<nRow> is the row number to display the menu <cPrompt>. Value could range from zero to MaxRow().

<nCol> is the column number to display the menu <cPrompt>. Value could range from zero to MaxCol().

<cPrompt> is the menu item character string to display.

<xMsg> define a message to display each time this menu item is highlighted. <xMsg> could be a character string or code block that is evaluated to a character string. If <xMsg> is not specified or of the wrong type, an empty string (“”) would be used.

Returns

__AtPrompt() always return .F.

Description

With __AtPrompt() you define and display a menu item, each call to __AtPrompt() add another item to the menu, to start the menu itself you should call the __MenuTo() function (MENU TO command). You can define any row and column combination and they will be displayed at the order of definition. After each call to __AtPrompt(), the cursor is placed one column to the right of the last text displayed, and Row() and Col() are updated.

@…PROMPT command is preprocessed into __AtPrompt() function during compile time.

Examples

      // display a two line menu with status line at the bottom
      // let the user select favorite day
      SET MESSAGE TO 24 CENTER
      @ 10,  2 PROMPT "Sunday" MESSAGE "This is the 1st item"
      @ 11,  2 PROMPT "Monday" MESSAGE "Now we're on the 2nd item"
      MENU TO nChoice
      DO CASE
      CASE nChoice == 0           // user press Esc key
         QUIT
      CASE nChoice == 1           // user select 1st menu item
         ? "Guess you don't like Mondays"
      CASE nChoice == 2           // user select 2nd menu item
         ? "Just another day for some"
      ENDCASE

Compliance

C (menu)

Files

Library is core

Seealso

AChoice(), MENU TO, SET MESSAGE, SET INTENSITY, SET WRAP, __MenuTo()