AV News 195 - February 2014
So what about a menu system? What you need is the 'menu' (a one slide
sequence with the buttons on it) and the sequences to link to. Put them all in
one folder, this then makes it portable to put on other computers, or on a
memory stick, etc. If the 'link-to' file has been made on a different version of
PTE, or is an avi file, etc, then use the 'Run Application or Open File...' action.
If the link-to sequence has been made on the same version of PTE as the
menu, use 'Run Slideshow with Return...' option.
When you have chosen this, a new box appears underneath, allowing you
to identify the 'link-to' file. Chose the file and the full directory entry will be
inserted, e.g. in this case "F:\My Documents\RPS\Articles for
AVNews\Objects and Animation\Objects3\Arresting.exe".
This is an absolute reference
and PTE may struggle if you
put this on a different
computer, with a different file
structure. Fortunately, as
long as the 'link-to' file is in
the same folder as the
'menu' file, you can remove
the directory part of the
reference, i.e. in this case
reduce it to "Arresting.exe".
When you change the text
on the button, its size will
increase to match the text
length.
'Lions' and 'Elephants' will give different sized buttons. To equalise them,
chose the longest, then in 'Properties' tab > 'Advanced' increase the 'Min
Width' until the button grows just slightly. Note this size and use it to change
the 'Min Width' of all the other buttons. Now they are all the same