ATTACH MENU (AM=)

Used for the following:

• Activate a paper, cursor button, or sidebar menu. After it is activated, a menu is automatically activated each time MicroStation is run.

• Deactivate a menu.

The procedures for activating and deactivating a menu differ depending on the menu type. Refer to the section below that is appropriate to the type of menu.

To activate a digitizing tablet menu

1. Key in ATTACH MENU <file_spec>,<model_name>,t<#> or AM=t<#>
   File_specification and model_name identify the DGN file and the model within that file in which the menu was drawn.# is a number in the range 1–4, indicating the first, second, third, or fourth tablet menu.
   For the file_specification you can enter the full path and filename or the path and filename relative to the search path defined by the configuration variable MS_APPMEN.


2. Identify the menu origin at the lower left corner of the menu.


3. Identify the upper right corner of the menu.
   The message “Menu successfully attached” is displayed in the status bar.

To deactivate a digitizing tablet menu

1. Key in ATTACH MENU, t,<#> or AM=,t<#>.
   # is a number in the range 1–4, indicating the first, second, third, or fourth attached tablet menu.

To activate a cursor button menu

1. Key in ATTACH MENU <name>,cb
   AM=<name>,cb
   Name is the name of the menu and cb is the two-letter code that indicates the cursor button menu type.

To deactivate a cursor button menu

1. Key in ATTACH MENU,cb. AM=,cb.

To activate a sidebar menu

1. Key in ATTACH MENU <name>,sb<n>
   or
   AM=<name>,sb<n>[,SAVE].
   Name is the name of the menu to be activated and sb is the two-letter code that indicates the sidebar menu type. N designates the position on the screen for the sidebar menu to appear.
   The possible screen positions are as follows:

   1	upper right of screen 1	5	upper right of screen 2
   2	upper left of screen 1	6	upper left of screen 2
   3	lower left of screen 1	7	lower left of screen 2
   4	lower right of screen 1	8	lower right of screen 2

   
   SAVE “compiles” the sidebar menu. The sidebar menu will load faster after being compiled. Compiled sidebar menus are stored in the file “name.sbm.”

To deactivate a sidebar menu

1. Key in ATTACH MENU,sb<n> or AM=,sb<n>.