# addmenu

interactive button or menu definition

## Calling Sequence

    addmenu(button [,submenus] [,action])
                addmenu(gwin,button [,submenus] [,action])

## Arguments

button

  a character string. The button name. An & can be placed before the character in the name to be used for keyboard shortcut; this character will be underlined on the GUI. Under MacOSX, a sub-menu with the same name is automatically added (no button can be added to the menu bar).

submenus

  a vector of character string. The sub_menus items names

action

  a list with 2 elements action=list(flag,proc_name)

  flag

    an integer (default value is 0)

  flag==0

    the action is defined by a scilab instruction

  flag==1

    the action is defined by a C or Fortran procedure

  flag==2

    the action is defined by a scilab function

  proc_name

    a character string which gives the name of scilab variable containing the instruction or the name of procedure to call.

gwin

  integer. The number of graphic window where the button is required to be installed

## Description

The function allows the user to add new buttons or menus in the main window or graphics windows command panels.

If

  `action` argument is not given the action associated with a button must be defined by a scilab instruction given by the character string variable which name is

  + `button` for a main window command

  + `button_gwin` for a graphic window command

If

  `action` argument is set to 0 `proc_name` should be the name of a Scilab string vector. Actions associated with the kth sub_menu must be defined by scilab instructions stored in the kth element of the character string variable.

If

  `action` argument is set to 1 `proc_name` designes a C or Fortran procedure, this procedure may be interfaced in Fortran subroutine default/fbutn.f or dynamically linked with scilab using the `link` function. The C calling sequence is: `(char* button_name, int* gwin,int *k)`

If

  `action` argument is set to 2 `proc_name` designes a Scilab function. This function calling sequence should be:

  + `proc_name(k)`for a main window command

  + `proc_name(k,gwin)`for a graphic window command or a main window command

## Examples

    if (getscilabmode() == "STD") then
                addmenu('foo');
                foo = 'disp(''hello'')';

                addmenu('Hello',['Franck';'Peter'])
                Hello = ['disp(''hello Franck'')';'disp(''hello Peter'')'];

                addmenu('Bye',list(0,'French_Bye'));
                French_Bye = 'disp(''Au revoir'')';
                else
                mprintf('This example requires to use scilab with GUI mode.\n');
                end

                addmenu(0,'Hello',['Franck';'Peter']);
                Hello_0 = ['disp(''hello Franck'')';'disp(''hello Peter'')'];

                //C defined Callback
                // creating Callback code
                code=[ '#include ""machine.h""'
                '#include ""sciprint.h""'
                'void foo(char *name, int *win, int *entry)'
                '{'
                '  if (*win==-1) '
                '    sciprint(""menu %s(%i) in Scilab window selected.\n"", name, *entry+1);'
                '  else'
                '    sciprint(""menu %s(%i) in window %i selected.\n"", name, *entry+1, *win);'
                '}'];
                //creating foo.c file
                current_dir = pwd();
                chdir(TMPDIR);
                mputl(code, TMPDIR+'/foo.c');
                //creating Makefile
                ilib_for_link('foo','foo.c',[],'c');
                exec('loader.sce');
                chdir(current_dir);
                //add menu
                addmenu(0,'foo',['a','b','c'],list(1,'foo'));

## See Also

- setmenu
- unsetmenu
- delmenu