POPUP MENU

Execution

PERFORM RMP--PUM-PANELNAME

Description

This standard runtime function displays or “pops up” one of the pulldown menus as an isolated menu, that is, without the menu bar. The popup menu looks and works just like the pulldown menu, including enabled, disabled, and checked options, accelerators, and mnemonics. Commands are chosen in the same way as from the pulldown menu.

The popup menu is modal. You must make a choice or cancel the menu with the pulldown menu Cancel button or by clicking the mouse outside the border of the menu. If a command is not selected, none of the event type conditions reported in RMPANELS.WS is set. The popup menu does not affect the setting of RMP--LAST-FIELD, RMP--NEXT-FIELD, or any of the other event parameters.

Required Parameters

RMP--COMMAND-NAME must be set to the name of one of the commands on the pulldown menu for this panel.

Optional Parameters

RMP--PANEL-LINE can be set as follows:

Any other value indicates a specific line on which the pop-up menu should be displayed.

RMP--PANEL-POS may be set as follows:

Any other value indicates a specific column on which the pop-up menu should be displayed.

Additional Usage Notes

• This standard runtime function is only valid for panels that have a pulldown menu.
• The menu, which is to display or “pop up”, is identified by a command name rather than a menu title because the command name is language independent and the menu title is not.

RMP--STATUS Values