Supervising the Network

6-5
Creating Menus
Getting Acquainted with NMENU
Figure 6-1 A Single-Window Menu
When you create menus with multiple windows, the windows cascade from
left to right. Window sizing is automatically determined by the content of
each window.
What Makes Menus Work
You create menu files with a text editor and save the file with an .SRC
extension. Then you use the MENUMAKE program to compile the file. It is
given a .DAT extension and, as a compiled file, is no longer editable. Any
edits must be made to the .SRC file and then the .SRC file must be
recompiled.
Elements of a Menu
There are three primary elements to every menu: MENU, ITEM, and EXEC.
As these elements are expanded and repeated, controlled options are
displayed within each window.