This event is generated when a command from the object's dynamic menu is selected.

syntaxSyntax:
function OnDynamicRunMenu(obj, cmd)

Parameters

Parameter Description
obj An object of a class derived from DlxObject.
cmd Index of the command as defined in the OnDynamicGetMenu function.

Remarks

The purpose of this function is to execute the action corresponding to the selected command.

Example

For the complete code see "dynamic star.clxjob" in the sample files.

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function OnDynamicRunMenu(obj, cmd)
{
	if (obj.GetType() != DlxApp.OBJTYPE_SHAPE)
		return;

	// load parameters
	var rays = obj.GetParamNumber("dyndata/shape", 1, 8);
	var height = obj.GetParamNumber("dyndata/shape", 2, 5);
	var radius = obj.GetParamNumber("dyndata/shape", 3, 30);
	var rotation = obj.GetParamNumber("dyndata/shape", 4, 0);
	var width = obj.GetParamNumber("dyndata/shape", 5, 180/36);	

	switch (cmd)
	{
	case 0 :  // Star 5
		rays = 5;
		break;
	case 1 :  // Star 6
		rays = 6;
		break;
	case 2 :  // Star 12
		rays = 12;
		break;
	case 3:
		{
			var dlg = new DlxDialog(300, 150, "Star Shape");
			if (dlg.IsValid())
			{
				dlg.AddStaticText(20, 33, 60, "Rays:");
				var ctrl = dlg.AddComboBox(90, 30, 180);
				for (var i = 3; i <= 36; i++)
					ctrl.AddString(i.toString() + " rays", i, i==5);
				dlg.AddOkButton(180, 120, 50, 25);
				dlg.AddCancelButton(240, 120, 50, 25);
				if (!dlg.DoModal())
					return;
				rays = ctrl.GetNumber();
			}
		}; break;
	default : 
		return;
	}

	// limit values
	rays = Math.limit(rays, 3, 36);
	radius = Math.limit(radius, 1, 100);
	height = Math.limit(height, -radius, 10 * radius);
	width = Math.limit(width, 1, 360 / rays);

	// save parameters
	obj.SetParam("dyndata/shape", 1, rays);
	obj.SetParam("dyndata/shape", 2, height);
	obj.SetParam("dyndata/shape", 3, radius);
	obj.SetParam("dyndata/shape", 4, rotation);
	obj.SetParam("dyndata/shape", 5, width);

	var hs = obj.GetBoundingBox().CenterPoint();
	DrawShape(obj, hs, rays, height, radius, rotation, width);
}

See also