TCMenu: Menu starts sometimes somewhere.

[Clas Hortien]

Hello,

i use the tcmenu addin very often, but sometimes (5 - 10 times a day) it happens that the menu doesn't opens underneath the button, but somewhere on the screen, sometime even outside the TC window.

Look here for a picture.
[url]http://www.hortien.com/upload/tcmenu.jpg[/url]

It may be related to the mouse move and the speed of the mouse move, but i can't proof it.

Furthermore, it is possible to speedup the process of opening the menu ? Sometimes it last very long to open the menu.

Best regards

Clas[/url]

[JohnFredC]

This happens all the time for me. It's one reason I tend not to use my TCMenu configured toolbar buttons very much.

Well, that and the fact that TCMenu doesn't support the TC "?" parameter.

[VadiMGP]

2Clas Hortien

It may be related to the mouse move and the speed of the mouse move

Yes, it is related to mouse movements. It can be affected by anti-virus software too.

2JohnFredC

Well, that and the fact that TCMenu doesn't support the TC "?" parameter.

At least in our company we are using "?" parameter for years. This is a fact.

[Sheepdog]

For me the biggest lack is that it could not handle %Commander_path% or other systemvariable.
Thus it is for me completely useless.


sheepdog

[JohnFredC]

2 VadiMGP

At least in our company we are using "?" parameter for years. This is a fact.

Here is a typical TC button parameter that behaves the way I need:

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?%P%N

...and here is my TCMenu button parameter line:

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c:\utility\wincmd\bars\editors.bar -A %P%N -$

Where do I put the "?"... I need the popup dialog to propose the %P%N value as the default, in exactly the same way that TC does in a regular button.

Any help greatly appreciated.

[VadiMGP]

2Sheepdog

For me the biggest lack is that it could not handle %Commander_path% or other systemvariable.

If you have some problem with specific button definition, put your .bar file here. In general, TCmenu handles all environment variables including %Commander_path%.

[djk]

2VadiMGP
Can you really put %Commender_path% as a part of path to the .bar file? Like this: "%commander_path%\new.bar -$" ? I haven't been able to do it

[Sheepdog]

When I make a button:
Command: TCmenu.exe
Parameter:%Commander_path\ini\%username\addon.bar

I get the message:
"Cannot open 'ommander_pathini\sernameAddon.bar'"
When I replace %Commander_path% and %username% with valid paths it works perfectly well.

sheepdog

[Lefteous]

2Sheepdog

For me the biggest lack is that it could not handle %Commander_path% or other systemvariable.

In this thread you'll find an example of a TCMenu call which uses environment strings. %COMMANDER_PATH% is supported too.

2JohnFredC

TCMenu doesn't support the TC "?" parameter

You have to write the question mark into the parameter field. It may not be sorrounded by quotation marks. TCMenu has its own parameter dialog.

[Sheepdog]

2Sheepdog

For me the biggest lack is that it could not handle %Commander_path% or other systemvariable.

In this thread you'll find an example of a TCMenu call which uses environment strings. %COMMANDER_PATH% is supported too.

2Lefteous
Okay, with the variable in the command- field it works fine. Thanks

sheepdog

[JohnFredC]

2Lefteous

You have to write the question mark into the parameter field. It may not be sorrounded by quotation marks. TCMenu has its own parameter dialog.

Could you provide an example? I can't get it to work the way I want.

For instance, this...

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 -A ? %P%N -$

... produces this (8k):
http://www.jfcinc.net/Interfaces/tcmenu01.jpg

But, I want it to do this (8k):
http://www.jfcinc.net/Interfaces/tcmenu02.jpg

Sorry if I am just particularly dense about this. I'm getting old.

[VadiMGP]

2JohnFredC

c:\utility\wincmd\bars\editors.bar -A %P%N -$

Where do I put the "?"...

2djk

Can you really put %Commender_path% as a part of path to the .bar file?

2Sheepdog

When I make a button:
Command: TCmenu.exe
Parameter:%Commander_path\ini\%username\addon.bar

All these cases are not related to TCMenu processing. You mixed up TC and TCMenu processing. "?" parameter (as well as environement variables) in TCmenu button definition processed by TC before starting TCmenu. TCmenu in his turn handles parameters and variables defined in subbar passed to TCMenu. Check readme file for "Special parameters" and "Environment Variables" sections.
For example:

I get the message:
"Cannot open 'ommander_pathini\sernameAddon.bar'"

This strange filename passed to TCmenu by TC! I wrote to Mr. Ghisler about this problem but unfortunately i don't get any answer on this issue.

[Sheepdog]

I get the message:
"Cannot open 'ommander_pathini\sernameAddon.bar'"

This strange filename passed to TCmenu by TC! I wrote to Mr. Ghisler about this problem but unfortunately i don't get any answer on this issue.

You are right. Sorry for make you ('re tool) responsible for it. It never occured to me that TC itself could not be able to pass his 'own' variable.
But I just tried to open my wincmd.ini in Textpad and get the same strange Error message.

Thanks for your hint, I'll post an bug report.

sheepdog

[djk]

2VadiMGP
True, sorry

[JohnFredC]

OK I guess I had something confused. It doesn't look like I can "?" the parameter string I pass to TCMenu without having the entire string (not just the %P%N) presented in the TC "?" dialogue, as in this:

http://www.jfcinc.net/Interfaces/tcmenu03.jpg

As I understand the behavior, TCMenu uses the string values to the right of the "?" as the PROMPT string for an empty parameter dialog (see images linked to my previous post).

That now finally makes sense to me. Like I said, I must be getting old.

So I guess this is a request that TCMenu itself support a "?" dialog in a manner that lets me modify the parameter string (that is, for my purposes, the filename as represented by the %P%N paramater in the TC parameter string) AFTER I select from the TCMenu...

Thanks