Bluepoint Design

There is a very useful, and as far as I've been able to divine, unintended trick one can use in the Multiple Choice Menu. The problem I found that I often would send the macro to go look for a varying number of suspects which I wanted to choose from. Normally one might create a multiple choice with several sequential variables T11, T12, and so on but I found this cumbersome not to mention it can suck up a lot of string variables. My solution was to pump multiple suspects into one string variable separated by CRLF. By a fluke this works!

It's simplicity itself. The trick is to stick a CRLF between each suspect and stuff them into one variable. For more information about creating this special non-printing character please check out my CRLF Subroutine page. This technique has many applications like selecting a file from a list of files in a directory or on an FTP site.

Warning: One very important caveat is that the Multiple Choice Menu can only handle 36 items. My solution to this has been to count the number of suspects and if I reach 35 append the T1 with a "More..." and display the results. If the user selects "More..." it will continue to get the next 35 until a set is collected that is less than 35 or the user selected something besides "More...". Don't worry, it's less complicated than it sounds. If someone asks nicely I might add an example here. Someone did ask so I created this page to describe the Multiple Multiple Choice!

Multiple_Choice.mex