Re: Is there a slick way to get back to Main Menu from a called Form (3.0)???

From: James Richard <no email>
Date: 1995/04/07
Message-ID: <1995Apr7.113205.24109_at_newton.ccs.tuns.ca>#1/1


In article <Pine.HPP.3.91.950404142902.890A-100000_at_finch.crei> Helena M Whitaker <helena_at_creighton.edu> writes:
>On 30 Mar 1995, Purple wrote (in part):
>
>> My users want to have to ability to 'jump' back to their main menu from
>> any point in their application. Currently, their application is a series
>> of forms, all of which are called from within other called forms or the
>> originating form. ---snip---
>>
>> I am new to SQL*Forms 3.0, SQL*Menu and this VMS system.....
>> ---snip---
>
> I don't currently run with SQL*Menu (just SQL*Forms),
> but when I was working with the keyboard mappings, I
> found a function called 'Main Menu'. Use oraterm to
> look at your resource file and see if a 'Main Menu'
> key has been defined. Maybe it will do what you want.
>
> helena
>
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I think you are refering to KEY-MENU. I've never seen MAIN-MENU.

KEY-MENU is a menu of the blocks contained in "that" form. If your going from form to form, KEY-MENU will not do what you want.

James Richard (JRICHARD_at_TUNS.CA)
"No Assembler Required!" Received on Fri Apr 07 1995 - 00:00:00 CEST

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