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    From Al DeRosa@1:267/157 to All on Sat Oct 23 13:05:38 2021
    Something strange in A47 when creating menus if you choose Hot key functions to use ESCAPE or HOME etc. It doesn't work, BUT if it was done in A46 or before it does work.. So if I carried over a menu with an ESCAPE as the hotkey from A46 it works fine, but if I add a ESCAPE as a hotkey it will not work...

    In addition to the above, I know Paul mentioned he is having some issues with display files, probably not related but when using |DF in Menu settings option Menu Header (ex. |DFmenuheader it will not show it. Not sure how else to explain this one...

    Hope this helps to track down..

    Al

    ... Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/09/29 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: The Wrong Number Family Of BBS' - Wrong Number ][ (1:267/157)
  • From Al DeRosa@1:267/157 to g00r00 on Sat Oct 23 13:53:23 2021
    Just an add on, not sure if this is a bug or operator error..
    ESCAPE as the hotkey to go to a menu does not work in lightbar/grid but
    does in lightbar.. Not sure if this worked in A46 or below as I didn't use Grids.. Hope that also helps...

    Al

    ... There will be a rain dance Friday night, weather permitting!

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/09/29 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: The Wrong Number Family Of BBS' - Wrong Number ][ (1:267/157)
  • From g00r00@1:129/215 to Al DeRosa on Sun Oct 24 20:30:31 2021
    Just an add on, not sure if this is a bug or operator error..
    ESCAPE as the hotkey to go to a menu does not work in lightbar/grid but does in lightbar.. Not sure if this worked in A46 or below as I didn't
    use Grids.. Hope that also helps...

    In this case Lightbar/Grid doesn't use the ESCAPE hotkey as Grid menus use command jumps based on certain keys and ESCAPE is one of them. These are defined in the "GRID MENU JUMPS" section when editing a menu command.

    Within a grid menu if you wanted to have ESCAPE jump to a menu when escape is pressed on menu command #1, then you would edit menu command #1, set the Grid escape jump to itself (01) and then in the "Action List" section you would create a menu command that executes only when ESCAPE is placed:

    Command: GO
    Data: main
    Grid Event: Escape

    This means whenever escape is pressed when menu command #1 is highlighted, it will jump to the main menu.

    Grid menus are meant to give you a ton of control but they are a little more complex/confusing to use.

    ... Press SPACEBAR once to abort, or twice to save changes

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/10/22 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Sector 7 * Mystic WHQ (1:129/215)
  • From Al DeRosa@1:267/157 to g00r00 on Mon Oct 25 07:36:13 2021
    On 24 Oct 2021, g00r00 said the following...


    In this case Lightbar/Grid doesn't use the ESCAPE hotkey as Grid menus
    use command jumps based on certain keys and ESCAPE is one of them.
    These are defined in the "GRID MENU JUMPS" section when editing a menu command.

    Thanks for the info. I have to do it that way.. :)

    ... Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/09/29 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: The Wrong Number Family Of BBS' - Wrong Number ][ (1:267/157)