*createbutton()
Adds a button to the Utility menu.
Syntax
*createbutton (page name row column width color helpstring macroname arg1 …)
Type
HyperMesh Utility Menu
Inputs
- page
- The page number on which the button should appear.
- name
- The text to be displayed on the button.
- row
- The row in which to place the button. There is no limit to this value, but if the value is too high the button may not be visible because its location exceeds the available area.
- column
- The column in which to place the button (1 – 10).
- width
- The width of the button (max. 10).
- color
- The button's color (see below).
- helpstring
- The help string to be displayed in the menu bar when the button is pressed.
- macroname
- The name of the macro to call when the button is selected.
- arg1,…
- The name of the macro to call when the button is selected.
Example
To create a button on page 5 of the Utility menu:
*createbutton(5, "input", 5, 0, 10, GREEN, "Create an element", "ReadBumper")Rows in the Utility menu start with row one just above the menu bar, and progress upward.
Specifying page 0 indicates that you want the control to appear on all of the pages.
Button colors may be:
- RED
- BLUE
- GREEN
- CYAN
- MAGENTA
- YELLOW
- GREY
- BUTTON (background)