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Can you discover if a DRAWMENU is on-screen? - StephenG1CMZ - 05-16-2016 07:30 AM
In version 0.1 of my accessibility fingerspelling program, it would be useful if there were a way of discovering whether a DRAWMENU was on-screen or whether that area of the screen could be used for something else.
Also, how do you delete a drawmenu? This leaves a blank Drawmenu on screen.
Code:
EXPORT TRYD()
BEGIN
LOCAL OKC;
OKC:=DRAWMENU("");
WAIT;//A BLANK MENU IS SHOWN:HOW TO ERASE?
MSGBOX(OKC);//IS THERE A WAY OF ASKING IF A MENU IS ONSCREEN?
END;RE: Can you discover if a DRAWMENU is on-screen? - DrD - 05-16-2016 10:07 AM
Something like this, perhaps? (You could do a GETPIX_P test to check for a menu presence, for a not-so-elegant means to an end ...)
DRAWMENU(""); // arguments empty,
RECT_P(); // clear the entire screen -or-
RECT_P(G0,0,220,330,240); // clear only the menu rectangular area.
-Dale-
RE: Can you discover if a DRAWMENU is on-screen? - StephenG1CMZ - 05-16-2016 10:39 AM
(05-16-2016 10:07 AM)DrD Wrote: Something like this, perhaps? (You could do a GETPIX_P test to check for a menu presence, for a not-so-elegant means to an end ...)I think you mean 320 not 330.
DRAWMENU(""); // arguments empty,
RECT_P(); // clear the entire screen -or-
RECT_P(G0,0,220,330,240); // clear only the menu rectangular area.
-Dale-
I didn't think you could ask if DRAWMENU was on-screen (ideally, by returning a list of its buttons), but I am surprised the DRAWMENU can't delete itself.
RE: Can you discover if a DRAWMENU is on-screen? - DrD - 05-16-2016 10:51 AM
Yes, it was a boo boo on that 330, I had it right, when I was messing with it, but wouldn't you just know ...
Maybe "they" could just use "DRAWMENU()," with no arguments, to do a menu erase trick, in their spare time, over at the house of cubes!
-Dale-