Button to call a menu item ?

[Greolt]

I know I have seen info on this somewhere but despite my search efforts I can't find it. 

Just want an on-screen button to call the video window plugin, menu item.

Sure I can do this with a button script.     This is with Scream4.

Thanks,  Greg

[zealous]

Currently you can't acess Plugin control using

Code:

DoMenu( 6,1 )

You might make a request to Brian to change this.

[Greolt]

Thanks for that Jason

Brian seems to be snowed under at the moment. 

Might leave it for another time. 

Greg

[zealous]

I don't know if there is any other call to the Video window that can be made, but maybe we can ask Scott(Poppa bear) to make a plugin to open them up I will talk to him.

[Greolt]

Yeah if any one can do that it will be Scott.   

Posted a general question on it on the Yahoo group also.

Greg

[poppabear]

Whoa...........  I will look if I can get a handle on it, BUT, you would have to make a plugin to then give you the ability to "Open" if from a button. With an LED like I do in MAD, or a Notify Plugins.

It would be far, far, easier for Brian to fix the "DoMenu" glitch..............

I will see if I can get a handle on it, and if I can, see if there is a way to launch it, but again it will have to be from a plugin that is the only way I know to even touch the menu bar.

scott

[Greolt]

OK as usual I don't realise the complexity of what I am asking for.   

Not worth that sort of effort Scott.  Would have been nice but not a deal breaker.

Greg

[Greolt]

Sometimes the answer is close to home.

Local CNCer had the answer.

This code used as a button script,

sendKeys "%(P)V"

Calls the video window.  Works a treat. 

Thanks Rod.

Greg

EDIT:  No that one caused problems with Mach somehow.

This one seems to work,  SendKeys "+%(P)V"

Again thanks to Rod.

[poppabear]

Wow!!!

   Thank you for the pearl!! Learned somthing new!! Now I gotta look closer at SendKeys to see how it would work for other menu items..........

Scott

[poppabear]

Did a little reading/testing.....

this also works 

SendKeys("%PV") 

Scott