CNS Menu 1.0.6 Released (Win, Mac/PPC, Mac/Intel)

[Jesse Traynham]

COMM-UNITY NETWORKING SYSTEMS RELEASES CNS MENU 1.0.6, A FILEMAKER PLUG-IN.

Fort Worth, TX, July 19, 2006 -- Comm-Unity Networking Systems announces CNS Menu 1.0.6, a popup menu plug-in for FileMaker Pro. This version is fully compatible with FileMaker Pro 8.5 on the Windows platform as well as both the Mac/PPC and Mac/Intel platforms.

This new release is a free upgrade to existing users of CNS Menu 1.x. If you currently own a license for CNS Menu, all you need to do is download this new version and install it. It will automatically import your previous settings.

Description

CNS Menu allows you to place hierarchal menus anywhere on a FileMaker layout. When a menu item is chosen, the script of your choice in the database of your choice is performed. Menus can have any number of sub menus and can be displayed with a variety of styles and bullet marks. Creating menus with CNS Menu can be as easy as handing the plug-in a return-delimited list of menu items to display. Your menu items can have a display name and a separate value that can be used in your scripts, so the end user can see useful information such as a customer name while the value can be a Customer ID number.

CNS Menu ships with the "CNS Menu.fp7" example database which includes 15 examples demonstrating ways to use and understand the CNS Menu plug-in. The database is fully unlocked so you can explore every detail. We have also included the documentation for each example inline, so you can both examine the example and see its explanation all from one layout. Examples include, QuickMenu, Menu Placement, MenuBuilder, Value List to QuickMenu, Hidden Items, Menu Decoration, Mouse Grabber, Right Click, Data Entry, Layout Navigation, Update Menu Item, Bookmark Example, External XML Menu, and RSS Menu.

CNS Menu includes MenuBuilder, accessible from the configuration dialog, which allows you to quickly build new menus without having to know how to write the underlying XML. You can then use the menus you built in the MenuBuilder directly in your database, or copy the generated XML out and customize it as you need. CNS Menu also includes an easy way to create menus quickly called "QuickMenus". A QuickMenu takes a return-separated list of items and creates a menu for you without you having to know or use any XML. For the greatest control, though, you can still create and use your own XML to define your menus.

What's New in this Version

- Compiled as a Universal Binary plug-in to work on both PPC-based and Intel-based Macs.

- Added FailDB and FailScript parameters to Menus to allow a script to be called if the user clicks off a menu without selecting anything.

Features of CNS Menu

- Dynamically create popup menus.

- Easily convert return-delimited items such as value lists, layout names, and more, into QuickMenus.

- Add styles to menu items such as bold, underline, italic, and any combination of those.

- Add bullets to your menu items including check marks, circular bullets, and diamonds.

- Pass script parameters through menus to your scripts.

- Enable and disable menu items on the fly.

- Update menu items dynamically.

- Precisely display menus using left, top, align, and minWidth.

- Use the built in MenuBuilder to quickly build XML menus - without having to learn XML.

- Use modifier keys to display alternate menu items including Shift, Control, Command, and Option.

- Get mouse coordinates with the CNSMenu_GetMouseCoordinates function.

- Get the mouse button number clicked with the CNSMenu_GetMouseButton function.

- Simplify data entry by allowing a user to find items quickly through sub menus.

- Display a user friendly menu item, but pass a value such as a Customer ID to your scripts.

- Load an XML menu from your hard drive.

Demonstration Version Available

A demonstration version can be downloaded from the CNS Menu product page at . Once there, click the "Download Now" button to begin the download process. You can evaluate CNS Menu for 30 days for free, however, after 30 days, CNS Menu should be removed from your hard drive if you do not plan to purchase it. The demo version of CNS Menu will display a splash screen every fifteen minutes that you use it. Once you purchase and register your copy of CNS Menu, the splash screen will no longer show.

Purchasing CNS Menu

New Customers:

To purchase CNS Menu from our secure website, go to http://www.cnsplug-ins.com/ and choose the "Purchase (Prices)" link at the top of every page (in the gray area). We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover. Please email or call us if you would like to purchase with a Purchase order or a check.

A single user license for CNS Menu is $65. We have several multi-user price points available on our secure site. Educational Discounts are available for roughly 20% percent off the listed price. Prices are subject to change without notice.

Existing Customers:

If you own a license to CNS Menu 1.x, this is a free upgrade. All you need to do is download and install the latest version.

Contact

Comm-Unity Networking Systems

6560 Lake Worth Blvd. Ste. 300

Fort Worth, Texas 76135

Phone: 817-238-1688

Email: [email protected]

Web: http://www.cnsplug-ins.com/