| Syntax |
fileMenu.new (type, hidden = false)
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| Params |
type is the type of object you wish to create, or a filespec
hidden is a boolean value indicating whether or not the window for the new object should be visible
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| Action |
If type is a Frontier data type, creates a new, untitled, file-based object of the specified type.
If type is a filespec, creates a new guest database at the location indicated by the path.
If hidden is true, the window for the new object will be opened invisibly.
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| Returns |
The address of the window containing the new object
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| Examples |
fileMenu.new (scriptType) // creates a new file-based script object
» @Untitled
fileMenu.new (tableType, hidden: true) // creates a new file-based table object in a hidden window
» @["Untitled-2"]
fileMenu.new ("System:Frontier:foo") // creates a new guest database file at the specified location
» @["System:Frontier:foo"]
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| Notes |
Databases created with filemenu.new contain no system table, and are treated as guest databases of the current root file.
The optional "hidden" parameter was added in Frontier 5.1.5.
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| See Also |
fileMenu.open
fileMenu.close
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