usage: 'textstring'128,CMD,VAL,… M

Using MODE 128 with the interactive 'M' command you can create or modify a taskbar menu.

A taskbar consists of 3 separate files:

• menuname.xml - a text file in XML form that describes the taskbar and includes command and help text
• menuname.jpg - a JPEG image file containing the display icons (typically 32×32 pixels each) in a single column
• menunametab.jpg - a JPEG file containing the tab image (typically the taskbar name on a gray 64×14 background)

The MODE 128 commands take the form:

The separate CMD options are:

• 0 - close the taskbar editor
• 1 - open existing taskbar TEXTSTRING for editing
• 2 - open taskbar TEXTSTRING or create if it does not exist
• 3 - save the current taskbar files
• 4 - set editing options
  • VAL - which option
    • 1 - single widget display mode
    • 2 - build a macro command (combine many taskbar items in a single icon)
    • 3 - icon graphical editor mode (not ready)
  • VAL2 - option value
    • 0 - turn option off
    • 1 - turn option on
    • 2 - toggle option on/off (default)
• 5 - copy item to the current widget being edited
  • VAL - source of copy
    • 0 - widget in previous taskbar window
      • VAL2 - elements to copy (default=15)
        • 1 - prompt text
        • 2 - command text
        • 4 - help text
        • 8 - icon image
    • 1 - previous widget in current taskbar being edited
      • VAL2 - elements to copy (same as VAL 0)
    • 2 - previous window image (must be 24-bit RGB image data)
    • 3 - icon in previous window image (assumes icons of the same size as current taskbar)
      • VAL2 - icon number in image (icon at cursor by default)
    • 4 - image file (TEXTSTRING filename or a file browsing window will appear)
    • 5 - icon in image file (like VAL 3)
      • VAL2 - icon number in image file (1-Max)
  • If the source is an image file, only the icon image is affected
• 6 - set parameters for currently selected widget (select widget by clicking icon)
  • VAL - which parameter
    • 1 - set command text string
    • 2 - set help text string
    • 3 - set icon prompt text (must fit in icon – use ',' for line breaks)
  • If TEXTSRING is missing an interactive text editing window will appear
• 7 - set menu parameters
  • VAL - which parameter (will prompt for text if needed)
    • 1 - menu display name (appears in taskbar tab)
    • 2 - menu name
    • 3 - background color (TEXTSTRING color name or VAL2 RGB value)
    • 4 - text color (name or rgb value)
• 8 - add a row of blank icons below the currently selected row
• 9 - delete item(s)
  • VAL - which item(s)
    • 0 - delete entire current row
    • 1 - delete current item text
    • 2 - delete current item cmd
    • 4 - delete current item help
    • 8 - delete current icon image
  • WARNING - delete is not reversible

See Also:
Menus, Taskbar

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