Image Menu

First REAL attemt at creating an Image menu (or any kind of menu for that matter), though I learned it 6 years ago in school but have just never implemented it before so I need some help.

ok so Ive got all my image slides(*.sld), slidelib.exe, slidelist.lst and *.slb in the same directory and have created a mnu file (that I copied and change the extention to mnc (wich makes it a parcial menu right? I really dont know)

anyway I did a menuload and found the mnc and hit load but then..... nothing happened....

How do I get the thing to load? any ideas on what Ive done wrong?

 

just posting whats in the mnu file just in case it helps

***MENUGROUP=Image Menu's
***POP1
P1-1 [Im&age Menu's]
P1-2 [Image menu ^C^C$I=Image menu's.DOORS4 $I=*
P1-3 [--]


***IMAGE
**DOORS4
[4" frame door plans]
[DOORS4 (D1,3-0-bifold-1)]INSERT;D1;\;;
[DOORS4 (D2,4-0-bifold-1)]INSERT;D1;\;;
[DOORS4 (D3,4-0-bifold-2)]INSERT;D1;\;;
[DOORS4 (D4,5-0-bifold)]INSERT;D1;\;;
[DOORS4 (D5,6-0-bifold)]INSERT;D1;\;;
[DOORS4 (D6,double-2-0-dwn)]INSERT;D1;\;;
[DOORS4 (D7,double-2-0-up)]INSERT;D1;\;;
[DOORS4 (D8,double-2-6-dwn)]INSERT;D1;\;;
[DOORS4 (D9,double-2-6-up)]INSERT;D1;\;;
[DOORS4 (D10,double-2-8-dwn)]INSERT;D1;\;;
[DOORS4 (D11,double-2-8-up)]INSERT;D1;\;;
[DOORS4 (D12,double-3-0-dwn)]INSERT;D1;\;;
[DOORS4 (D13,double-3-0-up)]INSERT;D1;\;;
[DOORS4 (D14,french-2-6-dwn)]INSERT;D1;\;;
[DOORS4 (D15,french-2-6-up)]INSERT;D1;\;;
[DOORS4 (D16,french-2-8-dwn)]INSERT;D1;\;;
[DOORS4 (D17,french-2-8-up)]INSERT;D1;\;;
[DOORS4 (D18,french-3-0-dwn)]INSERT;D1;\;;
[DOORS4 (D19,french-3-0-up)]INSERT;D1;\;;
[DOORS4 (D20,single-2-0-lft-dwn)]INSERT;D1;\;;
[DOORS4 (D21,single-2-0-lft-up)]INSERT;D1;\;;
[DOORS4 (D22,single-2-0-rt-dwn)]INSERT;D1;\;;
[DOORS4 (D23,single-2-0-rt-up)]INSERT;D1;\;;
[DOORS4 (D24,single-2-4-lft-dwn)]INSERT;D1;\;;
[DOORS4 (D25,single-2-4-lft-up)]INSERT;D1;\;;
[DOORS4 (D26,single-2-4-rt-dwn)]INSERT;D1;\;;
[DOORS4 (D27,single-2-4-rt-up)]INSERT;D1;\;;
[DOORS4 (D28,single-2-6-lft-dwn)]INSERT;D1;\;;
[DOORS4 (D29,single-2-6-lft-up)]INSERT;D1;\;;
[DOORS4 (D30,single-2-6-rt-dwn)]INSERT;D1;\;;
[DOORS4 (D31,single-2-6-rt-up)]INSERT;D1;\;;
[DOORS4 (D32,single-2-8-lft-dwn)]INSERT;D1;\;;
[DOORS4 (D33,single-2-8-lft-up)]INSERT;D1;\;;
[DOORS4 (D34,single-2-8-rt-dwn)]INSERT;D1;\;;
[DOORS4 (D35,single-2-8-rt-up)]INSERT;D1;\;;
[DOORS4 (D36,single-3-0-lft-dwn)]INSERT;D1;\;;

 

First thing I noticed >>that I copied and changed the extention to mnc<<. No, don't rename the .mnu as a .mnc. Menu files in AutoCAD have (4) extensions as follows.
1) file.mnu ' raw text menu content file
2) file.mns ' text, formatted 'source' file (like .mnu)
3) file.mnr ' resource menu - icon images and other things
4) file.mnc ' Compiled menu - acad 'runs' with this one.
Save your file.mnu (with the .mnu extension)
In Acad, do a 'MENULOAD' at the command line, and pick 'Files of Type' .......*.mnu
Load it. This will 'compile' the menu (.mnu) and create a .mnr, .mns, .mnc.
To load it as a partial menu, see lisp command 'menucmd'

Bob

 

2nd issue. MENUGROUP.
Your name for menugroup should be (short), contain no spaces, and in CAPS.
e.g.
***MENUGROUP=IMGMENUS (sample)
And change line:
P1-2 [Image menu ^C^C$I=Image menu's.DOORS4 $I=*
To:
P1-2 [Image menu ^C^C$I=IMGMENUS.DOORS4 $I=*

Bob