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   Robert Molyneux to Malcolm   
   Re: Formatting pushbutton text   
   18 Aug 08 07:21:01   
   
   From: ibisnestremovespambit@iinet.net.au   
      
   Malcolm wrote:   
   > I've created a button in P9 which, on clicking, produces a series of   
   > options for the user using Case, thus:   
   >   
   > method pushButton(var eventInfo Event)   
   > var   
   >         theForm         Form   
   > endVar   
   >   
   > switchMenu   
   >  case "Option 1:  this option opens form 1" :   
   > theForm.open("option1.fsl",WinStyleMaximize)   
   >  case "Option 2:  this option opens form 2" :   
   > theForm.open("option.fsl",WinStyleMaximize)   
   >  etc.   
   >  etc.   
   > endSwitchMenu   
   > endmethod   
   >   
   > The text in the resulting menu appears in the default style. Is there   
   > any way of formatting it so that, e.g., the words "Option1" and "Option   
   > 2" could be in a different colour, font, etc., from the rest of the   
   > text, e.g. "this option opens form 1"? I've looked through Help and my   
   > Opal book, without success.   
   >   
   > Any help gratefully received, as always.   
   >   
   You could make your own "button" as a graphic icon, and use   
   icon.mouseclick(). You can make very nice working buttons with overlying   
     icons (button in, button out) to indicate status.   
      
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