For a Menu system, I have to call and/or Start various Clarion procedures
for which I don't know the names during compile. The names of the procedures
are in a Topspeed file and the user can change their order of appearence on
the screen.

Is there a possibility to do a Start(VariableProcedurename) (with or without
parameters)?

Read my article 'Creating An MS OutLook-style Menu In Clarion: Part II'
http://www.clarionmag.com/v2n9/sub/v2n9outlookmenu2.html

Here I explain how it can be done.

Let me know when the Menu system is finished. I would very much like to post
some screen examples on my web site http://radmila.homepage.dk/ although I
have some time problems keeping it ajour but I am trying.

Steffen

The following code will randomly run TestProc or OtherProc to illustrate a
method of calling a procedure by name.
Create a hand coded project, in the main procedure do this:
                PROGRAM
                MAP
                    TestProc(),STRING
                    OtherProc(),STRING
                END
DummyStr   STRING(1)
ProcToRun  STRING(50)
    CODE
    BIND('TestProc', TestProc)
    BIND('OtherProc', OtherProc)

    CASE RANDOM(0,1)
    OF 0
        ProcToRun = 'TestProc()'
    ELSE
        ProcToRun = 'OtherProc()'
    END
    DummyStr = EVALUATE(ProcToRun)

TestProc    PROCEDURE
  CODE
  MESSAGE('TestProc')
  RETURN('')

OtherProc   PROCEDURE
  CODE
  MESSAGE('OtherProc')
  RETURN('')

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  J J
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