Editing Menu Items

>> To edit an item which is already on the list

•Select the required item from the list. You can then edit any of the details, as follows.

Menu Text - This allows you to enter the text which will be displayed in Solar Fire’s menu. Note that entering a single & before any letter will cause that letter to be underscored in the menu, and allow it to be used as a short-cut letter for accessing that menu item from the keyboard e.g. &Import Charts is displayed as Import Charts, and the Alt+I keys may be used as a short-cut to accessing this menu item in Solar Fire. It is recommended that you limit to length of your entries to about 20 characters, so that the menu will not become overcrowded.

Executable File - This allows you to specify which program will be started whenever this menu item is selected from Solar Fire. You can either enter a file name directly into this text box, or you can use the Find File button to search for the file you want and automatically enter its path and name into this text box. If you enter a file name yourself, without entering any path, then Solar Fire will assume that the file resides in its own folder (normally called SOLFIRE), or in the WINDOWS folder. If you want to call up a program from any other folder than either of these, then you must enter its full path as well as its name e.g. to call the chart import utility, which resides in the Solar Fire folder, enter “fileconv.exe”. To call the Nova program, for which a PIF file exists in the Windows folder, enter “nova.pif”. To call a program mygame.exe which exists in the folder GAMES on the C drive, enter “c:\games\mygame.exe”. If you are use the Find File button to select the file, then the full path will be entered automatically.

Help Text - This allows you to specify what help text will be displayed on Solar Fire’s status bar at the bottom of the Main Screen when this menu item is being browsed. This may be left blank if you wish.

Note: If you have incorrectly entered the Executable File name or path, or if the program referred to is later deleted or moved to a different folder, then Solar Fire will issue an error message whenever you attempt to access that menu item. In this case, you can use the Assign to Menu option to edit or delete the problematic entry.