Q: I'm converting a menu to UIM, and I'm stumped. I have a menu item entry that looks similar to the one in 6.
Q: I'm converting a menu to UIM, and I'm stumped. I have a menu item entry that looks similar to the one in Figure 6.
The problem is that there are about six parameters where the three dots are, so the CPYF command won't fit on one line. How do I continue the action parameter across lines of UIM source code?
A: Not all UIM attributes can be continued, but action is one that can. All you need to do is close the command string with a quote, repeat the action attribute on the next statement and continue with your command string. (A blank will automatically be inserted between continued attribute values.) 7 illustrates what the statements might look like.
A: Not all UIM attributes can be continued, but action is one that can. All you need to do is close the command string with a quote, repeat the action attribute on the next statement and continue with your command string. (A blank will automatically be inserted between continued attribute values.) Figure 7 illustrates what the statements might look like.
UIM Menus
Figure 6 UIM Menu Item Entry
:MENUI help=G1 option=3 action='cmd ?cpyf ...' .Load data
UIM Menus
Figure 7 Continuing a UIM Attribute Value
:MENUI help=G1 option=3 action='cmd ?cpyf fromfile(from_file) tofile(to_file)' action='mbropt(*add) fmtopt(*nochk)' .Load data
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