Re: Need a menu system


Scott;

>> May be I missing something but what is wrong with Windows shortcuts?
>
> I guess you're missing something. ;-)
>
> I said I moved the application to the Windows OS (from a DOS
> environment). It's still a Clipper Summer '87 application that is
> menu driven. I need a replacement for the FDO menu system.

I, and apparently others, are not clear on this. Perhaps the issue is your
definition of "application."

You have a application that consists of a single EXE that you want to call
from a DOS menu system? Why? If it is a single EXE, then either create a
shortcut on the desktop or put it on the regular Window Start menu (or
both). It doesn't matter if the EXE is a DOS program or a Windows program.

Or, you have an application that consists of multiple EXE's that are each
called from a DOS menu system which makes it appear to be one EXE to the
user? This is more complex. It would be better to compile all the code into
one EXE. If that is not feasible, you could create a desktop folder, and put
shortcuts to all the EXEs into that. Granted it wouldn't seem like they were
using the same application as it did with the DOS menu system.

Perhaps I still don't understand?

--
Regards,
James Bott
Intellitech
San Diego, California, USA
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jbott


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