From: Malcolm@indaal.demon.co.uk   
      
   Egbert   
      
   Thanks for the information and for that interesting idea to achieve what   
   I am looking for.   
      
   Malcolm   
      
      
      
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   In article <48a83a4b$1@pnews.thedbcommunity.com>, Egbert Babst   
    writes   
   >Malcolm,   
   >as far as I know it is not possible.   
   >However, you could substitue the switch menu by a temorary tableframe   
   >(e.g. on a small, floating dialog form) that looks like a menu, has the   
   >same functionality (mouseClick) and allows you to format the   
   >options-text manually or with code depending on program conditions.   
   >Only an idea...   
   >   
   >Egbert   
   >   
   >"Malcolm"  schrieb im Newsbeitrag   
   >news:fUULc05$T$pIFwAO@indaal.demon.co.uk...   
   >>   
   >> 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.   
   >>   
   >> --  Malcolm   
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