Make menus invisible instead of disabling them

[damezumari]

I use vfp sp2 and winxp.

How do I make a menu option invisible for some users and not for
others? I don't want to disable the menu option (using skip for). I
want to make it invisible.

A work-around could be to give different user different menus.
However, that does not work if a user assumes two roles for which
there are different menus. Instead of creating a menu for each
possible role combination I would prefer to test which menu options
should be made invisible in each case.

Regards,

Jan

[damezumari]

Post by damezumari
I use vfp sp2 and winxp.
How do I make a menu option invisible for some users and not for
others? I don't want to disable the menu option (using skip for). I
want to make it invisible.
A work-around could be to give different user different menus.
However, that does not work if a user assumes two roles for which
there are different menus. Instead of creating a menu for each
possible role combination I would prefer to test which menu options
should be made invisible in each case.
Regards,
Jan

I use vfp 9 sp2.

[ED]

Generate your own programmatically or create separate menus and append (not
replace) them to the existing menus.

Probably the last answer before final shutdown...

ED.

Post by damezumari
I use vfp sp2 and winxp.
How do I make a menu option invisible for some users and not for
others? I don't want to disable the menu option (using skip for). I
want to make it invisible.
A work-around could be to give different user different menus.
However, that does not work if a user assumes two roles for which
there are different menus. Instead of creating a menu for each
possible role combination I would prefer to test which menu options
should be made invisible in each case.
Regards,
Jan

I use vfp 9 sp2.

[Bernhard Sander]

Hi Jan,

Post by damezumari
How do I make a menu option invisible for some users and not for
others? I don't want to disable the menu option (using skip for). I
want to make it invisible.

There is nothing to make a menu entry invisible while keeping it in menu.
You only could use the appropriate RELEASE [BAR|PAD|POPUP|MENU] command.

Regards
Bernhard Sander

[Jürgen Wondzinski]

Hi damezumari

Take a look at GenMenuX and the provided conditional code-injection driver.
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[Dan Freeman]

Post by Jürgen Wondzinski
Hi damezumari
Take a look at GenMenuX and the provided conditional code-injection driver.

I'd look at genmenux as well, but use the *:IF <expr> directive
instead. It will insert code to conditionally release menus that meet
<expr>.

Dan

[Jürgen Wondzinski]

Hi Dan,

Post by Dan Freeman
use the *:IF <expr> directive

That's what I meant. Didn't found the correct word though...
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[Dan Freeman]

Post by Jürgen Wondzinski
Hi Dan,

Post by Dan Freeman
use the *:IF <expr> directive

That's what I meant. Didn't found the correct word though...

Thanks for this! I was wondering what you knew about that I hadn't
heard about. ;-)

Dan