void pm_menu ( char *message, char *menu, int *selection )

char *message;    // prompt string

char *menu;       // menu string

int *selection;   // address of integer to receive menu selection number

Synopsis

#include "silver.h"

The pm_menu function adds a menu prompt to the current panel. The prompt string is specified by message . The menu parameter specifies the menu items, a list space-delimited keywords (for example, "left  right  top  bottom").

Parameters

message is a null-terminated string containing the prompt message. menu is a null-terminated string containing the menu items. selection is the address of the integer that is to receive the item number corresponding to the selected menu item; it will be a value between 1 and the number of items on the menu. After pm_execute , setting will contain the number of item that was selected, from 1 to number of keywords.

Return Value

none.

Comments

The initial value for the field is the inial value of the integer pointed to by selection. pm_menu differs from pm_box2 in that the menu is always displayed in pm_menu, as opposed to pm_box2, where the menu only appears if the user attempts to edit the field.

See Also

pm_execute , pm_box2

Example