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how to add a custom menu to CIW

NcfC
Hi,

I'm using IC5141 and I'm trying to add a custom menu to CIW,


procedure( Menu_CIW()
ciwMenuInit()
menu_ciw = hiCreatePulldownMenu( 'Menu_CIW "CusTools" list( menuItem_1 menuItem_2 menuItem_3 ) )
hiInsertBannerMenu( window(1) menu_ciw 3 )
)

and I've add a line in .cdsinit to load the scripts at startup:

load( "/path/to/script/cmenu.il" )

When icfb starts, it doesn't show the custom menu in the ciw banner. I've also tried to explicitly call the function Menu_CIW() inside .cdsinit, but it also didn't work. It works only if I call the function from the command line in ciw.

Can anyone help me understand why it is not working?

thanks in advance.

best regards,
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  • psill000

    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)

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  • psill000

    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)

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