Subj : Mystic menu display + pause question
To   : dozo
From : xqtr
Date : Wed Feb 01 2023 06:52 pm

 do> I have a question regarding a menu option I'd like:
 do> - user goes to a new menu by pressing a key 

If you mean a Mystic menu, you have to configure a new one from the Mystic Configuration Editor. When you'll create it, you will edit the menu that's appearing before the new one and create a custom menu entry, that will use the GO command, to enter the newly created menu... 

 do> - menu should clear the screen and show an ANSI file (I can't figure out h
 do> to do a CLS)

There are many ways to do this. For me the most easy one, is to edit the menu, in mystic config. editor and while you are editing it, press / to open the menu settings. There you will see a Menu Header prompt. In there you can enter: `CL`DFansifile

Where ` is the pipe character. This will first clear the screen and then display an ansi file, named "ansifile.ans" from withing the /text folder.

 do> - a pause prompt should appear centered below the ANSI

Again, many ways to do it. A simple "hack" would be to edit the ansi file, to have the pause prompt inside it and add the `PN (pause no prompt) MCI code to the Menu Header prompt, so you have: `CL`DFansifile`PN

 do> - user should return to the previous menu (pressing enter doesn't work now

To exit a menu, you have to add a custom command which will accept the appropriate hotkey, ex. ESC key to exit.

From what you are describing, you don't even have to create a Mystic Menu, all the above can be achieved in a custom menu entry. Create one and use the GT (display line of text) command to enter the `CL`DFansifile`PN string.

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