new menu object/script
Monday, October 26, 2009 by brad davis | Discussion: DesktopX
im looking for an object/script that will create a pop out menu that watches a folder and and when opened creates/shows icons that are in that folder on the fly. im tired of creating shortcuts in DesktopX manualy or draging the exe in to desktopx to create the shortcut.
i am sort of a beginner/intermediate to desktop x and am looking for new theater media machine menus to make it easier to use.
Reply #2 Tuesday, October 27, 2009 12:41 AM
an active, scroll able, slide out window (240x240)with thumbnail view icons of what is inside the folder you point it to.
Reply #3 Tuesday, October 27, 2009 1:26 AM
Ah. Well, I have yet to find any working script that can extract the icons of files/programs, due to the way icons are stored. Only way I know how is through drag and drop.
It is possible to get the content of a folder then create (clone) shortcut text objects for each item (did this for my Dirty NrG theme start menu.) If you still want icons you could, alternatively, use FileSystemObject to identify the file types of each item in the folder then assign your own custom icons for different file types to the objects; I did that with my Microbe theme.
Here are a few resources that might help:
LIST CONTENT OF A FOLDER EXAMPLES
DX User's Guide - Step-by-Step Tutorials - WC Wiki Tutorials
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Reply #1 Monday, October 26, 2009 7:44 PM
Do you mean a shortcut to a folder that opens as a pop up menu and lists the contents of the folder? You can set that in shortcut properties by checking Open As Popup Menu.