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-Creating Menus                                                        │ +====== Creating Menus ======
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-Your BBS's main menu MUST! be stored in a file called TOP.PBM.  All the +Your BBS's main menu MUST! be stored in a file called TOP.PBM.  All the other menus can have any file name you want to give them.
-other menus can have any file name you want to give them.+
  
-When you select the 'Menu Editor' option in PROCFG's main menu, a new +When you select the 'Menu Editor' option in PROCFG's main menu, a new window will be opened containing the menus already available (if any).
-window will be opened containing the menus already available (if any).+
  
 In this window, you can use the following keys: In this window, you can use the following keys:
  
-  - Up/Down       Scroll up/down. +  Up/Down       Scroll up/down. 
-  - Enter         Select a menu. +  Enter         Select a menu. 
-  - Ins           Add a menu.+  Ins           Add a menu.
  
-When you have selected a menu, a list of all the menu items will be +When you have selected a menu, a list of all the menu items will be displayed. To add a menu item, just move past the last item and press <Enter>. To insert an item, press <Ins>, to remove one, press <Del>. To edit a menu item, move the selector to that item and press <Enter>. You can change the menu prompt and highlight colors by pressing <Alt-P>. If you want to see how a menu will look, press <Alt-S> to simulate what your users will see when they view this menu.
-displayed. To add a menu item, just move past the last item and press +
-<Enter>. To insert an item, press <Ins>, to remove one, press <Del>. To +
-edit a menu item, move the selector to that item and press <Enter>. You +
-can change the menu prompt and highlight colors by pressing <Alt-P>. If +
-you want to see how a menu will look, press <Alt-S> to simulate what your +
-users will see when they view this menu.+
  
 You can also copy and paste menu items. You can also copy and paste menu items.
  
-To copy an item, move to the item you want to copy, and press <Alt-C>. To +To copy an item, move to the item you want to copy, and press <Alt-C>. To insert the copied item somewhere else, move to the place where you want the menu item inserted, and press <Ctrl-P>.  You can even copy and paste items across different menus.
-insert the copied item somewhere else, move to the place where you want +
- +
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-the menu item inserted, and press <Ctrl-P>.  You can even copy and paste +
-items across different menus.+
  
 A menu item has the following fields: A menu item has the following fields:
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- 
-Textline..................... This is the string to be displayed. 
-                              Leaving this field blank causes a blank 
-                              line to be displayed to the user. A CR/LF 
-                              will be sent after the menu line. To avoid 
-                              this, just enter a ';' as the last 
-                              character.  This will cause the next 
-                              textline of the menu to be appended to this 
-                              one. 
- 
-                              Special textline characters: 
- 
-                                 ^ : Switches between normal and 
-                                     highlighted color. 
-                                 ~ : Replaced by the number of minutes 
-                                     the user has left in this session. 
-                                 ` : Replaced by the name of the current 
-                                     message area (more about this 
-                                     later). 
-                                 @ : Replaced by the name of the 
-                                     current file area (more about this 
-                                     later). 
- 
-                              This textline can also contain text macros 
-                              like @<NAME>@ or @<NODE>@.  More about 
- 
-                              this in the "Text macros" section. 
- 
-                              You are not limited to two colors in menu 
-                              lines. You can use the codes \1 to \7 to 
-                              change colors, or \0 to return to the 
-                              original color. 
- 
-Hotkey....................... Most of the menu functions must be chosen 
-                              by the user, so ProBoard must react to 
-                              certain key-presses from the user. 
-                              Receiving the hotkey for a certain menu 
-                              item will cause ProBoard to execute the 
-                              function associated with this item.  The 
-                              hotkey can be any ASCII character or 
-                              digit, but one character has a special 
-                              meaning to ProBoard: <Ctrl-A> will make 
-                              this function AUTOEXEC, which means that 
-                              this function will be executed as soon as 
-                              this menu item is displayed (without 
-                              really selecting this option). 
- 
-Function..................... The function associated with this menu 
-                              item. Pressing the <Enter> key will cause 
-                              a complete list of all the menu functions 
-                              to be displayed in a separate window. 
- 
-Data......................... This field is optional with some of the 
-                              functions. Basically, in this field you 
-                              enter the parameters of a menu function. 
-                              Eg. function 40 (Display ASC/ANS file) 
- 
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-                              needs a filename as data (parameter). 
-                              Function 1 (Goto menu) needs the name of 
-                              the menu to be jumped to. Text macros can 
-                              be inserted (see "Text macros" section). 
- 
-Level........................ Level needed to access this menu item. 
- 
-Flags........................ Flags needed to access this menu item. 
- 
-Color........................ Color for the menu's textline to be 
-                              displayed in. 
- 
  
 +  Textline..................... This is the string to be displayed.
 +                                Leaving this field blank causes a blank
 +                                line to be displayed to the user. A CR/LF
 +                                will be sent after the menu line. To avoid
 +                                this, just enter a ';' as the last
 +                                character.  This will cause the next
 +                                textline of the menu to be appended to this
 +                                one.
 +                                Special textline characters:
 +                                   ^ : Switches between normal and
 +                                       highlighted color.
 +                                   ~ : Replaced by the number of minutes
 +                                       the user has left in this session.
 +                                   ` : Replaced by the name of the current
 +                                       message area (more about this
 +                                       later).
 +                                   @ : Replaced by the name of the
 +                                       current file area (more about this
 +                                       later).
 +                                This textline can also contain text macros
 +                                like @<NAME>@ or @<NODE>@.  More about
 +                                this in the "Text macros" section.
 +                                You are not limited to two colors in menu
 +                                lines. You can use the codes \1 to \7 to
 +                                change colors, or \0 to return to the
 +                                original color.
 +  Hotkey....................... Most of the menu functions must be chosen
 +                                by the user, so ProBoard must react to
 +                                certain key-presses from the user.
 +                                Receiving the hotkey for a certain menu
 +                                item will cause ProBoard to execute the
 +                                function associated with this item.  The
 +                                hotkey can be any ASCII character or
 +                                digit, but one character has a special
 +                                meaning to ProBoard: <Ctrl-A> will make
 +                                this function AUTOEXEC, which means that
 +                                this function will be executed as soon as
 +                                this menu item is displayed (without
 +                                really selecting this option).
 +  Function..................... The function associated with this menu
 +                                item. Pressing the <Enter> key will cause
 +                                a complete list of all the menu functions
 +                                to be displayed in a separate window.
 +  Data......................... This field is optional with some of the
 +                                functions. Basically, in this field you
 +                                enter the parameters of a menu function.
 +                                Eg. function 40 (Display ASC/ANS file)
 +                                needs a filename as data (parameter).
 +                                Function 1 (Goto menu) needs the name of
 +                                the menu to be jumped to. Text macros can
 +                                be inserted (see "Text macros" section).
 +  Level........................ Level needed to access this menu item.
 +  Flags........................ Flags needed to access this menu item.
 +  Color........................ Color for the menu's textline to be
 +                                displayed in.
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