The alter menu command causes LEGACY Tab to appear in MapInfo Pro 16
Keith Tozier
I have found that using an alter menu command for changing the title of a menu causes the LEGACY tab to appear in MapInfo Pro 16.
under the LEGACY Tab there is just the word menu with no menu or controls at all. Is this a bug?
The old style menu appears on the MAPPER_SHORTCUT and in the Tools Extension.
How should these be altered such that the LEGACY Tab does not appear? (MDN ON/MDN OFF)
1) Should they be altered a different way
or
2) Should code be written to remove the near empty LEGACY Tab.
Any recommendations would be appreciated.
Thank you in advance.
Keith Tozier
International Computer Works, Inc.
Peter Horsbøll Møller
Keith,
The context menus can be alter using the classic Alter Menu statement. I have done that also without making the LEGACY tab appear.
'**Adding menu item to the Mapper window rightclick menu
Alter Menu ID M_SHORTCUT_MAPPER add
GetResItemStr("MNU_CREATE_MAP_EXTENT")
HelpMsg GetResItemStr("MNU_HLP_CREATE_MAP_EXTENT")
Calling MAPEXTCreateMenu
But if you start modifying “normal” menus I would expect that to have some side effects as these don’t really exist.
You can also use the RibbonLib to modify the context menus, such as the MapperShortcut:
'**Adding a menu item to the Layer Control Maps Context menu
nCtrlIdx = RBNCntxtMenuAddMenuItem(MenuId_MapperShortcut, "mapCntxtMapExtent", GetResItemStr("MNU_CREATE_MAP_EXTENT"), "")
If nCtrlIdx > 0 Then
Call RBNControlSetToolTipIdx(nCtrlIdx, PRGIGetApplicationName(), GetResItemStr("MNU_HLP_CREATE_MAP_EXTENT"), "")
Call RBNControlSetIconsIdx(nCtrlIdx, CONTROL_SIZE_SMALL, "", PATH_IMAGES & "MapWindowExtent_24x24.png")
Call RBNControlSetLeftMarginIdx(nCtrlIdx, 0)
Call RBNControlSetCustomMBXHandlerIdx(nCtrlIdx, "MAPEXTCreateMenu")
End If
You can also modify the application context menu seen on the application itself in the Tools window:
nCtrlIdx = RBNToolContextMenuAddMenuItem("rateApplication", GetResItemStr("MNU_RATE_APPLICATION"), "")
If nCtrlIdx > 0 Then
Call RBNControlSetToolTipIdx(nCtrlIdx, PRGIGetApplicationName(), GetResItemStr("MNU_HLP_RATE_APPLICATION"), "")
Call RBNControlSetIconsIdx(nCtrlIdx, CONTROL_SIZE_SMALL, PATH_IMAGES & "CommunityDownloads_16.png", "")
Call RBNControlSetLeftMarginIdx(nCtrlIdx, 0)
Call RBNControlSetCustomMBXHandlerIdx(nCtrlIdx, "MENUGoToCommunityDownloads")
End If
When using the RibbonLib, you can also assign images to the menuitems
What menu did you want to alter?
Peter Horsbøll Møller
Pitney Bowes
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Keith Tozier
I will definitely give it a try,
Once again, Thanks for your assistance.
Have a Great Day!
Keith Tozier
I guess I responded before reading to the end.
You asked "What menu did you want to alter?"
I have the menu in two places The Tools Extensions and the Mapper Context menu.
So, I need to keep them in sync with the ribbon button I added in (basically an on/off button).
Again this should demonstrate a toggle type behavior as I allow the end user to toggle Move Duplicate Nodes
Another thought is to use an image to on the menus as I had done on the ribbon button. (red image is off and green image is on)
This way the menu title can just say "MDN"
I will get this straightened out, I am still learning the new MI Pro interface.
Peter Horsbøll Møller
I would do it like this:
Creating the control:
mnbtnSelInfoHandlerIdx = RBNGroupAddButton("btnSelInfoHandler", GetResItemStr("STR_BTN_SEL_INFO_HANDLER"), "", sTabName, sGroupName)
If mnbtnSelInfoHandlerIdx > 0 Then
Call RBNControlToggleIdx(mnbtnSelInfoHandlerIdx, TRUE)
Call RBNControlSetToolTipIdx(mnbtnSelInfoHandlerIdx, PRGIGetApplicationName(), GetResItemStr("STR_TTIP_ENABLE_INFO_SEL"), "")
Call RBNControlSetIconsIdx(mnbtnSelInfoHandlerIdx, CONTROL_SIZE_LARGE, "", PATH_IMAGES & "InfoSelHandlerGreen_32x32.png")
Call RBNControlSetCustomMBXHandlerIdx(mnbtnSelInfoHandlerIdx, "SELINFOSwitchDisplay")
End If
Notice that I use a modular variable (mnbtnSelInfoHandlerIdx) to remember the Index of the control.
I can use this later in my application to switch the state of it.
And here you “switch” the button on/off:
Sub SELINFOSwitchDisplay
mbInfoSelChangedHandlerEnabled = (NOT mbInfoSelChangedHandlerEnabled)
Call RBNControlSelectedIdx(mnbtnSelInfoHandlerIdx, mbInfoSelChangedHandlerEnabled)
If mbInfoSelChangedHandlerEnabled Then
Call RBNControlSetToolTipIdx(mnbtnSelInfoHandlerIdx, PRGIGetApplicationName(), GetResItemStr("STR_TTIP_ENABLE_INFO_SEL"), "")
Call RBNControlSetIconsIdx(mnbtnSelInfoHandlerIdx, CONTROL_SIZE_LARGE, "", msImageFolder & "InfoSelHandlerGreen_32x32.png")
Else
Call RBNControlSetToolTipIdx(mnbtnSelInfoHandlerIdx, PRGIGetApplicationName(), GetResItemStr("STR_TTIP_DISABLE_INFO_SEL"), "")
Call RBNControlSetIconsIdx(mnbtnSelInfoHandlerIdx, CONTROL_SIZE_LARGE, "", msImageFolder & "InfoSelHandlerRed_32x32.png")
End If
End Sub
Initially, I set the state to the opposite of what it was before.
The I use RBNControlSelectedIdx to either check or uncheck my control
And finally, depending on the current state I set the Tooltip text and the image of my control
Peter Horsbøll Møller
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Keith Tozier
Peter,
The ribbon control works great, the old style menus not so great.
When I change the title of a (old fashion) menu item which is found in both the Home Tab>Tool Extension and Mapper Context Menu as seen below.
The menu is created using the old "Create Menu" statement.
where this is just one of the many menu items.
"Node Combine..." Calling Node_combine,
"Node Split..." Calling Node_split,
"!MDN Off^MDN On" ID 35 calling Duplicate_Nodes,
"Retire T&LID..." Calling Retire_Segment,
"&Erase Line..." Calling EraseLine,
when I issue the:
alter menu item Duplicate_Nodes text "MDN Off"
or
alter menu item Duplicate_Nodes text "MDN On"
is when the LEGACY Tab appears.
This is the Mapper Context Menu and this is the Tools Extension menu
I think I may have to either change the menu item to just MDN and rely upon the end user to look at the ribbon to determine if it is on(green) or off(red)
or create a pop out menu that would be
Create Menu "&MDN" As
"&MDN On..." Calling MDNOnSub,
"&MDN Off..." Calling MDNOffSub
I have attempted to remove the legacy tab when it appears and then the
alter menu item Duplicate_Nodes text "MDN Off"
or
alter menu item Duplicate_Nodes text "MDN On"
Does not work.