This sample show how easy it is to create a fully functional menu system. The menu file is a plain ASCII text file containing the menu item's location, text, description and command. Menu items can call submenus, nested many levels deep.
A short menu file like this:

M|000|00|015|03|MAIN
%|000|00|000|00|00| [ %c ] - %-29s 
&|002|00|077|03|00|
T|004|01|001|15|00|
T|061|01|004|15|00|
T|004|02|008|20|00|
T|025|02|016|32|00|
T|065|02|032|00|00|
T|020|01|002|40|00|STARSolution V5.0.F
B|000|05|042|14|01|
#|002|06|001|00|01|1Sales Analysis Report|Supply/Demand Analysis Report|salan
#|002|07|001|00|01|2Electronic Mail|EMail Maintenance|PROC=xelm
#|002|08|001|00|01|3Send EMAIL W/ Address Lookup|Send Email Front-End|EXEC=emlrp
#|002|09|001|00|01|4Edit Signature File|Edit Signature|EXEC=sled .signature
#|002|10|001|04|01|5Change Password|Change Password|pass
#|002|11|001|00|01|6Remove Email Lock|Remove Lockfile|PROC=rmelmlock
H|000|12|042|00|02|
!|002|13|000|00|00|[ %-35s ]

Results in a fully functional menu selection like this:

  +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
  | 3:eric                    STARSolution V5.0.F                 03/22/2002 |
  | PRINT=NONE             SSI - SHOPPERS' SQUARE, INC.          PREVIEW=ON  |
  +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+




               +-----------------------------------------+
               |  [ 1 ] - Sales Analysis Report          |
               |  [ 2 ] - Electronic Mail                |
               |  [ 3 ] - Send EMAIL W/ Address Lookup   |
               |  [ 4 ] - Edit Signature File            |
               |  [ 5 ] - Change Password                |
               |  [ 6 ] - Remove Email Lock              |
               +-----------------------------------------+
               | [ Supply/Demand Analysis Report       ] |
               +-----------------------------------------+