AddaButtontotheUserPageontheUtilityMenu.docVIP

Navigation:?  HYPERLINK D:\Altair\hw10.0\help\hm\hypermesh.htmHyperMesh  HYPERLINK D:\Altair\hw10.0\help\hm\hypermesh_tutorials.htmHyperMesh Tutorials  HYPERLINK D:\Altair\hw10.0\help\hm\customization.htmCustomization  HYPERLINK D:\Altair\hw10.0\help\hm\scripts.htmScripts? Add a Button to the User Page on the Utility Menu - HM-8010 HYPERLINK D:\Altair\hw10.0\help\hm\scripts.htm? In this tutorial you will: ?Create a new button on the User page of the Utility menuTools The User page is available on the Utility menu. ?It can be accessed in the following way: ?From the Menu Bar, select View, then Utility Menu?At the bottom of the Utility menu, click the User button  Users may add command files and Tcl/Tk scripts to the userpage.mac file. ?When HyperMesh starts, it first looks for the userpage.mac file in the directory from which it launches and then in the installation directory. ?UNIX users also have the option of putting the userpage.mac file in their home directory. The userpage.mac file controls the display and available operations on the User page of the HyperMesh Utility menu. ?To invoke a command file or Tcl/Tk script from the User page, a button must be defined inside the userpage.mac file. ?The *createbutton command is used to define the button and its characteristics. The syntax for this command is: *createbutton(page, name, row, column, width, COLOR, helpString, macroName [ , arg1 … ]) ? pageThe page number on which the button is to appear. ?For the User page, this value is 5.nameThe text to display on the button, enclosed in quotes: .rowThe row in which to place the button. ?The number of visible rows depends on your monitor’s graphics resolution. ?A positive value indicates an absolute row number. ?A 0 indicates the next highest available row. ?A negative value indicates the number of rows to skip. ?Rows begin at the bottom of the menu.columnThe column where the button starts (0-10). ?Columns begin to the right of