I've just started working with the new button menus, with 2.5, and have a few questions.  I did a search on some of these but the results are numerous, so if any of these have been discussed before a link to the previous discussion would be helpful.

* Can new buttons be added, or existing ones removed?  If so, where can I find instructions on the procedure?

* Is it possible for the initial "database open" button to open in Add Mode instead of Search?

* Is it possible to reprogram the Search Menu button "Add New Records" so that it opens an Add tab instead of closing search?  All of my users work in both Add and Search simultaneously, so switching is problematical, and the alternative of "opening a new tab" and then switching it to the other mode in that tab, well, I'll hear complaints about that whole process, "too many clicks" or somesuch.

Comment:  I love being able to open multiple search tabs for the same form, that's fantastic.

Thank you.  Of the ideas I mentioned that cannot be done (adding, reprogramming, etc.) are there any possibilities that these capabilities will be available in future versions of Sesame?  Would a feature request be of any use?

Infinity wrote on Sep 18^th, 2009 at 4:05pm:


Its not that these things can't be done. They can all be done - just not using the approach you are proposing. You can use custom buttons, define button panels, and even translation tables to get where you want to go. Take a look at the button panel commands in SBasic, and the button panel commands in the sesame.ini file.