*createbuttongroup()
Adds a button group to the Utility menu.
Syntax
*createbuttongroup (page group name row column width color helpString macroName , arg1 …)
Type
HyperMesh Utility Menu
Inputs
- page
- The page number on which the button should appear.
- group
- The group ID for the button(s).
- name
- The text to be displayed on the button.
- row
- The row in which to place the button.
- 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, …
- Optional arguments to pass to the buttons macro.
Example
To create a button group on page 3 of the Utility menu that allows you to toggle a setting:
*createtext(3, "Display", 5, 0)
*createbuttongroup(3, 1, "yes", 5, 6, 2, GREEN, "Yes",
"ToggleDisplay", 1)
*createbuttongroup(3, 1, "no", 5, 8, 2, GREEN, "No", "ToggleDisplay", 0)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