After I posted FAVORITE.PM yesterday, it occurred to me that the routine could benefit from a few easily-added features. First, to tie the program to a single list of "favorites" seemed arbitrary. Why not have access to an alternate list as well or, better still, to an unlimited number of lists? Second, Dick Giering's idea of being able to pick a file by typing a number is a good one. But the setup should be painless, and the user should be able to add or delete filenames at will without reconfiguring. And, for easy maintenance, you ought to be able to number the lists using Xy's automatic counters. Moreover, if you know the number of the file you want, why fool around with the menu at all? Why not go directly to the file? Finally, a comment by Rene suggested to me that the user should have the option of keeping the menu around after a file is CAlled. The attached program -- now renamed to FILEMENU.PM -- implements all of these changes. Give it a spin. -- Carl Distefano cld@xxxxxxxx http://users.datarealm.com/xywwweb/Attachment: filemenu.pm
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