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I am using DCMXPUSHBUTTON with DCSUBMENU (Samples Group 6)

I can HIDE the MXPushButton, but since there is no HIDE in DCSUBMENU, the button for DCSUBMENU stays on the screen.
Is there a way to hide the DCSUBMENU button?

Use WHEN {|| Something() }
If this returns a TRUE the menu works, otherwise it grayed and disabled.

Thanks, but I would like to HIDE it.
With the main button hidden, a 'grayed' button with choices to 'nowhere' on the screen isn't right.

-=# GeneB

I came up with a poor man's solution.

When the DCMXBUTTON is hidden:

disable the SUBMENU with WHEN
DCSAY over the top of the SUBMENU button
use a HIDE clause in the DCSAY to remove it when you want to see the SUBMENU

Not pretty, but whatever works and move on.

Why are you using DCMXPUSHBUTTON instead of DCPUSHBUTTONXP ?

I haven't supported DCMXPUSHBUTTON in a long time because I didn't write it.

I used it because I found it on Xdemo, Sample Group 6, MxPushButtons, and it is in the docmentation.

I liked it because I have a "Print" button on a screen, and the dropdown menu that this functioun has allows me to give a "print with details" and a "print without details" choice.

Is there another way to do this without DCMXPUSHBUTTON, and without having two print buttons on the screen?

Is there another way to do this without DCMXPUSHBUTTON, and without having two print buttons on the screen?

DCPUSHBUTTONXP supports that functionality and more.

Run the sample program: \exp19\samples\buttonxp\buttonxp.exe

Wow, where did all that come from? I had no idea.
And I thought I was impressed with Express before I saw all this.
Now I'm blown away with the tools available.

Thanks Roger !!!