CNS Menu Plug-in

CNS Menu allows you to place hierarchal menus anywhere on a FileMaker layout. When a menu item is chosen, the script of your choice in the database of your choice is performed.

Features

  • Dynamically create popup menus
  • Easily convert return delimited items such as value lists, layout names, and more, into QuickMenus.
  • Add style to menu items such as bold, underline, italic, and any combination of those.
  • Add bullets to your menu items including check, circular bullet, and diamond.
  • Pass script parameters through menus to your scripts.
  • Enable and disable menu items on the fly.
  • Update menu items dynamically.
  • Precisely display menus using left, top, align, and minWidth.
  • Use the built in MenuBuilder to quickly build XML menus - without having to learn XML.
  • Use modifier keys to display alternate menu items including Shift, Control, Command, Option, and Alt.
  • Get mouse coordinates with the CNSMenu_GetMouseCoordinates function.
  • Get the mouse button number clicked with the CNSMenu_GetMouseButton function.
  • Simple data entry by allowing a user to find items quickly through sub menus.
  • Display a user friendly menu item, but pass a value such as a Customer ID to your scripts.
  • Load an XML menu from your hard drive.