Can you gray out or disable or hide a menu choice?

[davidk64]

menu #mainWnd, "&Mode", "&Normal", enterNormalMode, "&Trial", enterTrialMode

I'd like the program to start in normal mode with "Normal" menu choice grayed out. When user selects "Trial" the program enters trial mode and "Normal" menu choice becomes available and "Trial" menu choice is grayed out.

[tsh73]

I don't know nice way of doing this.
This definitely could be done with Windows API in Liberty BASIC, though.

You can reopen window with new set of menu
(but probably API would look easier compared to it)
nomainwin
global trial
trial = 1

call openWindow
wait

[quit]
close #mainWnd
end

sub enterNormalMode
   trial = 0
   close #mainWnd
   call openWindow
end sub

sub enterTrialMode
   trial = 1
   close #mainWnd
   call openWindow
end sub

sub  openWindow
   if trial then
       menu #mainWnd, "&Mode", "&Normal", enterNormalMode
   else
       menu #mainWnd, "&Mode", "&Trial", enterTrialMode
   end if

   statictext  #mainWnd.st1 "", 20, 20, 250, 50

   UpperLeftX =10
   UpperLeftY =10
   open "Just reload window" for window as #mainWnd
   #mainWnd "trapclose [quit]"
   'write current mode to statictext
   #mainWnd.st1 word$("Normal Trial", trial+1);" mode"
end sub


[davidk64]

I'm impressed with your ingenuity!

If I move the window I'd have to have a way of storing the new position so it doesn't leap across the screen.

I think I'd rather live without the access to graying menu items though than use this workaround

Thanks for the suggestion!!!

[tsh73]

The problem is, you just CAN'T get that new position in JB :(