how to add a custom menu to CIW

The code as you wrote it wouldn't work because it doesn't define menuItem_1 etc. I just added this to my .cdsinit:

procedure( Menu_CIW()
ciwMenuInit()
menuItem_1=hiCreateMenuItem(?name 'item1 ?itemText "ITEM 1")
menuItem_2=hiCreateMenuItem(?name 'item2 ?itemText "ITEM 2")
menuItem_3=hiCreateMenuItem(?name 'item3 ?itemText "ITEM 3")
menu_ciw = hiCreatePulldownMenu( 'Menu_CIW "CusTools" list( menuItem_1 menuItem_2 menuItem_3 ) )
hiInsertBannerMenu( window(1) menu_ciw 3 )
)
Menu_CIW()

and it works fine. Of course you need to call Menu_CIW() from the .cdsinit otherwise it won't actually invoke the code.

 Hi,

  I want to create submenu's under mainMenu. But I am getting below error. Please help me to fix it.

 Error:

load "/auto/project/spt/jklayouts/vis180nm_io_pad/users/niyaz/scripts/icfb_menu2.il"
function Menu_CIW_TOP redefined
"hiiGetMenuSymbols: invalid menu item: "hiMenu@0xced9c58
"hiiGetMenuSymbols: invalid menu item: "hiMenu@0xced9c68
"hiiGetMenuSymbols: invalid menu item: "hiMenu@0xced9c78
invalid menu itemhiMenu@0xced9c58
invalid menu itemhiMenu@0xced9c68
invalid menu itemhiMenu@0xced9c78
*Error* get/getq: second arg must be a symbol or a string - nil
*Error* load: error while loading file - "/auto/project/spt/jklayouts/vis180nm_io_pad/users/niyaz/scripts/icfb_menu2.il"


Script:


procedure( Menu_CIW_TOP()
ciwMenuInit()

menuItem_11=hiCreateMenuItem(?name 'item11 ?itemText "ITEM 11" ?callback f11())
menuItem_12=hiCreateMenuItem(?name 'item12 ?itemText "ITEM 12" ?callback f12())
menuItem_13=hiCreateMenuItem(?name 'item13 ?itemText "ITEM 13" ?callback f13())

menuItem_21=hiCreateMenuItem(?name 'item21 ?itemText "ITEM 21" ?callback f21())
menuItem_22=hiCreateMenuItem(?name 'item22 ?itemText "ITEM 22" ?callback f22())
menuItem_23=hiCreateMenuItem(?name 'item23 ?itemText "ITEM 23" ?callback f23())

menuItem_31=hiCreateMenuItem(?name 'item31 ?itemText "ITEM 31" ?callback f31())
menuItem_32=hiCreateMenuItem(?name 'item32 ?itemText "ITEM 32" ?callback f32())
menuItem_33=hiCreateMenuItem(?name 'item33 ?itemText "ITEM 33" ?callback f33())

submenu1 = hiCreatePulldownMenu( 'Menu_CIW1 "Menu1" list( menuItem_11 menuItem_12 menuItem_13 ) )
submenu2 = hiCreatePulldownMenu( 'Menu_CIW2 "Menu2" list( menuItem_21 menuItem_22 menuItem_23 ) )
submenu3 = hiCreatePulldownMenu( 'Menu_CIW3 "Menu3" list( menuItem_31 menuItem_32 menuItem_33 ) )

menu_ciw_top = hiCreatePulldownMenu('Menu_CIW_TOP "Main Menu" list(submenu1 submenu2 submenu3))

hiInsertBannerMenu( window(1) menu_ciw_top 9)
)
Menu_CIW_TOP()

Thanks

Niyaz

Niyaz,

First of all, posting this in an existing thread (please read the forum guidelines) is not recommended. Secondly, sending me a direct email message 2 minutes after posting this is not going to make me answer it any quicker (especially when I'm on a plane across the Atlantic). In fact it tends to have the opposite effect. If something is that urgent that you need to chase me (when it's not part of my job to respond here - I do it in my spare time), you should contact customer support.

Anyway, the solution is simple. After adding quotes around the callbacks (so ?callback "f11()"), you need to create slider menu items:

slider1=hiCreateSliderMenuItem(?name 'slider_CIW1 ?itemText "Menu1" ?subMenu submenu1)
slider2=hiCreateSliderMenuItem(?name 'slider_CIW2 ?itemText "Menu2" ?subMenu submenu2)
slider3=hiCreateSliderMenuItem(?name 'slider_CIW3 ?itemText "Menu3" ?subMenu submenu3)

menu_ciw_top = hiCreatePulldownMenu('Menu_CIW_TOP "Main Menu" list(slider1 slider2 slider3))

Regards,

Andrew.

Another way to add menu items to the ciw is creating a ciw.menus file in ~/meus directory. You can also place the menus directory in your work directory if you prefer to have separate ciw menus per project.

Example of a ciw.menus file:

daMenu      = '(myMenu "My Stuff" (
                (strCase        "StringCase"    "println(\"booya1\")")
                (validLayer     "Valid Layers"  "println(\"booya2\")")
                (trySlider      "Cool Stuff" (
                        (mySlider1        "Test1" "println(\"booya3\")")
                        (mySlider2        "Test2" "println(\"booya4\")")
                        ))
                )); end of Utilities menu
daLoadFile  = '(lscr "mySkill" (
                (skLintGui      "Lint"          "skShowForm()")
                (cdsFind        "cdsFinder"     "startFinder()")
                (skillIde       "Skill IDE"     "_ilgRunSkillIde()")
                (refresh        "Refresh List"  "println(\"booya5\")")
                (reLoad         "Reload File"   "println(\"booya6\")")
                (xscripts       "xScripts File" (
                        (holder "" "")
                        ))
                (virtuoso       "Virtuoso File" (
                        (holder "" "")
                        ))
                (bindkey        "Bindkey File"  (
                        (holder "" "")
                        ))
                )); end of loadFile

newLocalCiwMenu = '(daMenu daLoadFile)

ciwMenuList = append(ciwMenuList newLocalCiwMenu)

Sorry for disturbing you. Thank you very much for the solution.

Thanks

Niyaz