Re: How Can I Have End-Users Use "Ring" Menu Instead of Key Sequences?

On key-startup you can do

   SET_INPUT_FOCUS(MENU);
or some such like:

   DO_KEY('KEY-MENU'); You need to invoke forms/menu with the menu style for LOTUS/BAR instead of FULL or PULLDOWN. (-m B instead of -m F or -m P)

sbrenner_at_cbnewsb.cb.att.com (scott.d.brenner) writes:
>I'm developing a SQL*Forms 3.0 application. I'd like the users to
>be able to use the Lotus-like "ring" menu at the top of the screen
>in addition to the keystokes seen on the [ShowKeys] page. I could
>have sworn I saw something about doing this while scanning some
>manual a few weeks ago. But now that I need to find out how to do
>it, I can't find any references.
>
>Can anyone help me out? All I'm trying to do is display
>(permanently) the ring menu and allow its use. This is the
>one you can get if you hit [Menu] while running a form. It
>shows the following:
>
>Action Edit Block Field Record Query Help
>
>Rollback Cut Previous Previous Previous Enter Help
>Commit cOpy Next Next Next eXecute Keys
>reFresh Paste Clear Clear scroll Up (Last crit) List
>Print Edit Duplicate Scroll Down (Cancel) Display err
>Exit Clear count Hits
> Remove Fetch next set
> Insert
> Duplicate
> Lock

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