script to read or strip filePro menus

[fp at casabellagallery.com]

Bob replied:

> | Does anyone have a script or utility that could be used to read
> | or strip filePro menus?
> | 
> | What I am looking for is a script that can be used to take a filePro
> | menu and extract every menu option a line at a time.  I would need to
> | use these lines to import into a filePro file.  If your script creates
> | a plain text file which can then be read into filePro, I can use that
> | too ...
> | 
> | God I hope Bob Stockler reads this message !!!  :)
> 
> On UNIX, Linux or Windows with filePro 5.6 installed, search for
> the files named "copy_menu.pl" and "rename_menu.pl".  These are
> Perl program scripts used to copy or rename filePro User Menus.
> They read filePro User Menus, collecting the Choice Characters,
> Action Command Lines and Long Descriptions into arrays, which you
> could use to then print them out as you desire.
> 
> Or search for "prc.me2" or "me2.prc" and look at the subroutines
> Seg1 and Seg2, which read the first two newline terminated records
> of a filePro User Menu to determine the Choice Characters, Action
> Command Lines and Long Descriptions of a menu being edited.  There
> is also info in the subroutine "Doc".
> 
> Or, find and execute MENU EDIT II (it's distributed with filePro
> 5.6).  It documents filePro User Menus with a lot of options -
> you may choose to:
> 
>   o - Use the default print command or change it.
>   o - Use the default output file or change it.
>   o - Output to the printer, a file, or both.
>   o - Document all features of a menu, or just selected ones.
> 
> MENU EDIT II is sorta hidden away in the filePro 5.6 distribution,
> but if you search for "prc.me2" or "me2.prc" there will be, in the
> same directory, either a shell script or batch file to kick it off.
> 
> If you don't have filePro 5.6, I can't help you (fPtech now has all
> rights to MENU EDIT II).

Thanks Bob!


Jose