Re: CRTMNU question

On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Chris Wolcott wrote:

> Can anyone tell me how to create a menu using the CRTMNU command?  I can
> create one using option 17 on PDM:
>

It depends on what type of menu you want -- but SDA always creates a
"display file menu."

This type of menu has 3 objects involved:

   *MENU object -- created with CRTMNU
   *FILE (display file) object -- create with CRTDSPF
   *MSGF object -- created with CRTMSGF & ADDMSGD

The *MENU object holds settings, like, the type of menu (*DSPF) the
associate display file name, the length of the command line, etc.  It's
really just a bunch of settings and glue... just part of the equasion.

The piece that I think you're missing is the message file object.  For
every option in the MyMenuQQ source member, you need to add a message ID
to the message file.

For option number 1, you add msgid USR0001.  and set the 1st level text to
the command that needds to be run... the same for options 2-99 as
required.

Make sense?

I did write some sample code that does this in my newsletter.  If you've
got a professional membership to the iSeries Network, you can read that
article here:
  http://www.iseriesnetwork.com/article.cfm?ID=18524