Action Plugin: PopupMenu

[Brett]

I have released a new action plugin called PopupMenu. It allows you to display popup menus from within your AutoPlay Media Studio 5.0 Professional applications.

http://www.icynorth.com/popupmenuplugin/popup_menu_ss.jpg

There is a trial version and more information about the plugin available on the Icy North Web site (http://www.icynorth.com/popupmenuplugin).

[Corey]

Kewl.

Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software (http://www.indigorose.com)

[rhosk]

Could this be implemented anywhere (ie, the system tray icon??)? Great stuff!

[Brett]

No, I do noth think that it would work for the system tray icon. It is really meant to work within the AutoPlay application's Window. The system tray is another beast altogether.

[CyberRBT]

Brett:

I am interested in your popup menu plug-in. However, your alternate site does not have a secure order form. Where can i order this product online securely?

BTW, i recall reading a post recently elsewhere in this forum about AMS extending beyond it's original branding. This seems to validate a comment i'd made to you (in a reply regarding the new web control).

There is such an enormous number improvements and new additions (along with a handful missing or downgraded features) ... and there are so many new possibilities for RAD front-ends that i'd like you to consider my vote for a new product name too.

With a branded zingy product name descriptive of what 5.0 can now do and a marketing blitz (along with the current word-of-mouth marketing), i'd bet you guys could more than triple sales within a year. You could even enlist voting in the forums for the new name starting with version 5.x or 6.0.

Anyway, thanks for your help (to the question in the 1st paragraph).

[Brett]

Thanks for pointing out the non-secure thing. My mistake. Here is a secure link (http://www.regsoft.net/purchase.php3?productid=64352)

[Corey]

No one here would complain about a tripling of sales this year. :)

Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software (http://www.indigorose.com)

[CyberRBT]

Thanks for the secure link.

You guys SURE do reply quickly.

Ordered your PopupMenu plug-in: November 24, 2003, 4:34 AM EST.

Thanks

[coffeeworm]

I Ordered PopupMenu plug-in :Mon, 24 Nov 2003 09:08:36 -0600
:D

[Brett]

Thanks to both of you. I appreciate the support!

[Intrigued]

I just ordered your plug-in.

I look forward to purchasing more of your offerings.

Thank you!

[Corey]

Cool. :)

Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software (http://www.indigorose.com)

[Intrigued]

Brett...

I found a nice section in my current project for your PopupMenu plugin. The problem is when I try 800x600 and then 1024x768 resoutions in Kiosk mode a problem arises.

At 800x600 the PopupMenu shows in the proper place (where I coded it to be). At 1024x768 the label seems to be positioned off the top of the screen and not the label.

Is this something easy I am missing or (?)

This has turned into an important object in one of my current projects. If you have a resolution that would be stellar.

Thank you in advance.

Inline AMS 5 Pro code example (from your example):

---------
tblPos = Label.GetPos("Label2");
tblSize = Label.GetSize("Label2");

x = tblPos.X;
y = tblPos.Y + tblSize.Height;

tblMenu =
{
{text="Main Page",type=0,checked=false,enabled=true},
{text="Empty",type=0,checked=false,enabled=true},
{text="Video Page",type=0,checked=true,enabled=false},
};

strSelected = PopupMenu.Show(tblMenu, x, y, PopupMenu.HALIGN_LEFT, PopupMenu.VALIGN_TOP);

if (strSelected ~= "CANCELLED") then
Video.Stop("Video1");
Page.Jump(strSelected);
Page.StopTimer();
end

[Brett]

The thing there is that the menu is diaplayed relative to the upper-left corner of the Window not the Page. So, in kiosk mode, the top-left (0,0) does not correspond to the coordinates of the label (which is relative to the page's top-left). So, you will have to do a bit of math to figure out the offsets:

tblPos = Label.GetPos("Label2");
tblSize = Label.GetSize("Label2");

-- Your page size here...
nPageWidth = 800;
nPageHeight = 600;
-- Get the system size...
tblDisplayInfo = System.GetDisplayInfo();
-- Figure out offsets...

nOffsetX = (tblDisplayInfo.Width - nPageWidth) / 2;
nOffsetY = (tblDisplayInfo.Height - nPageHeight) / 2;

x = tblPos.X + nOffsetX;
y = tblPos.Y + tblSize.Height + nOffsetY;

tblMenu =
{
{text="Main Page",type=0,checked=false,enabled=true},
{text="Empty",type=0,checked=false,enabled=true},
{text="Video Page",type=0,checked=true,enabled=false},
};

strSelected = PopupMenu.Show(tblMenu, x, y, PopupMenu.HALIGN_LEFT, PopupMenu.VALIGN_TOP);

if (strSelected ~= "CANCELLED") then
Video.Stop("Video1");
Page.Jump(strSelected);
Page.StopTimer();
end

[Intrigued]

Thanks Brett.

I will work on that straight away.

-

Update:

The popup menu is right on the spot now.

Thank you for taking time out tonight to help me with that. I will file that code section for the next time that comes up.

And then pour over this so that I can remember the steps.

[Larze]

Brett I just got the popup menu object and installed it but when I go to insert the plugin it is not there. I see all of the powerpack plugins but not the popup menu plugin. What am I doing wrong ya. Do I open it up another way?
Help me ya?

[Intrigued]

Not to step in for Brett... but to expedite a response back to you.

This plugin is found in the Action Scripting section.

[Brett]

Check out Project > Plugins... from AMS50's menu. That is where all of the Action plugins are located.