Menus is a Borland-inspired ascii console graphics library that is built on a custom multimedia (DLL) dynamic link library vain engine to create basic TUI elements.
For a new project, Add the
libVain Engine.alibrary to the linker and copy theVain-Engine.dllfile from the lib folder to the main directory where you'll be running the program. Use the namespaceengfor the Vain-Engine library functions.
Run build.sh file to compile and build the project.
const Color DEFAULT = eng::Color.BRIGHT_WHITE_BLACK; const Color HIGHLIGHT = eng::Color.BRIGHT_BLUE_BRIGHT_WHITE; // pass vector initializer list... std::unique_ptr<Menu> h_menu(new HorizontalMenu({ {" File ", HIGHLIGHT}, {" Edit ", DEFAULT}, {" View ", DEFAULT}, {" Help ", DEFAULT}, }, Coordinate(0, -1) )); // initialize theme data.... h_menu->setTheme(Theme(DEFAULT, HIGHLIGHT)); for (;;) { while(!h_menu->isItemSelected()){ h_menu->render(); } // must be called to re-initialize the process h_menu->restart(); switch(h_menu->getItemPosition()){ case 1: /* Do stuff from here */ break; case 2: /* Do stuff from here */ break; case 3: /* Do stuff from here */ break; } }
std::unique_ptr<Menu> v_menu(new VerticalMenu({ {" New ", HIGHLIGHT}, {" Open ", DEFAULT}, {" Save ", DEFAULT}, {" Print ", DEFAULT}, }, Coordinate(0, 0) )); v_menu->setTheme(Theme(DEFAULT, HIGHLIGHT));
std::unique_ptr<Window> frame(new Frame(Dimension(10, 30), Coordinate(3,5)) ); frame->enableShadow(true); frame->render();
