Loading and unloading CUI files

Commands:  MENULOAD, CUILOAD, MENUUNLOAD and CUIUNLOAD

 

When you install BricsCAD the default CUI files are copied to the Support folder of your Roamable root folder. (e.g. C:\Users\<user_name>\AppData\Roaming\Bricsys\Bricscad\Vxx.x\en_US\Support).

When you launch BricsCAD the first time the default.cui file is loaded automatically.

There are two procedures to load a CUI file:

 

NOTE

You can load an IntelliCAD menu file if you select MNU files (*.mnu;*.mns) in the Files of Type list box of the Choose a Customization file dialog in the Load main CUI file , Load partial CUI file  and Manage Customization Groups procedures. The menu file will be converted to a CUI file automatically.

To load a main CUI file

  1. Do one of the following:
  2. Click the Load Menu tool button () on the Tools toolbar.
  3. Choose Load Menu in the Tools menu.
  4. Type menu in the command bar, then press Enter.
  5. Open the Customize dialog, then click the Browse button.
  6. Open the Customize dialog, then choose Load main CUI file ... in the File menu.

The Choose a Customization file dialog displays.

  1. Do one of the following:
  2. Double click a CUI file.
  3. Select a CUI file, then click the Open button.

The selected CUI file is loaded.

  1. Close the Customize dialog.

To load a partial CUI file

The partial CUI file is loaded.

  1. (option) Repeat steps 1 and 2 to load another partial CUI file.
  2. Do one of the following:
  3. Click the OK button () to confirm the loading of the partial CUI file(s) and close the Customize dialog.
  4. Click the Cancel button to () close the Customize dialog and unload the partial CUI file(s).

 

NOTE

If a CUIX file is selected in step 2 it will be converted to a CUI file on-the-fly. When a CUIX file contains bitmaps, they are copied into a .RESZ resource file, which are supported as an alternative to resource DLL (zip file containing tool bitmaps; works on all platforms). The following image formats are supported: BMP, JPG, PNG, ICO, GIF, TIFF, XBM, XPM.

 

To unload a partial CUI file

  1. Open the Customize dialog.
  2. In the Menus, Toolbars or Keyboard section select the partial CUI file you want to unload.

  1. Right click and select Unload <selected partial CUI> in the context menu.

Managing customization groups

  1. Type Menuload in the command bar, then press Enter.

  2. The Customization groups dialog opens.

  3. (option) To load a partial CUI file, click the browse button () to select a partial CUI file, then click the Load button.

  4. (option) To unload a partial CUI file, select the partial CUI file in the Loaded Customization Groups list, then click the Unload button.

  5. Click the Close button to stop.

 

 

 

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