Using Custom Menu

We use custom menus very often where there are no real needs for Business Process Flows.
I have encountered some annoying behaviour when using the custom menu in combination with the Data Manager that launches as soon as you go over it with the mouse.
Once the data manager is launched, and you navigate in your menu (example you go to the next menu, which is no more than the next sheet / or you open and close a webfile from the menu), BPC is initiallizing dimensions and teams, which can take up to a few seconds, not allowing you to perform any action during that time. I have encountered a system freeze as well in case you try to do something while BPC is initializing these objects.
Anyone has already seen this behaviour and found a workaround?
Thx

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I moved it to Encore CS4.
I don't want to use any of the supplied menu templates in CS4 Encore.
I was hoping CS4 would be all I needed to create custom menus using scenes from my project.
My question is: Can I take a frame from my project and use it as a custom menu background with CS4 and its built in Encore or do I need some other element from the Adobe catalog to make these custom chapter menus and sub-menus?
Thanks Jim

OK, I'm back. Here are my steps for creating Custom Menus with PS, En and PrPro:
In PrPro, move the CTI (Current Time Indicator) to the desired Frame. Check Frames on either side, with the Program Monitor’s Magnification to 100%, or maybe even 200% (you’ll need to scroll, but get a really clear picture). You want the clearest Frame in that area. With AME, in CS4, you’ll want to Export that Frame as .TIFF, or .BMP. I use .TIFF for this.
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Using that Blank Menu, just drag the Layer from your Exported Frame to your Menu image. It will appear above the black Background.
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Now, I always rename my Button Layer Sets, keeping the required characters - just changing the name. I also do all of my Button text in PS, and make sure to turn OFF Sync Button Names.
When done, Save_As .PSD, and then Import_As_Menu into Encore. Note: if you start with the Blank Menu, you can choose Edit in Photoshop, and then when done in PS, you just need to Save, and it will update in Encore. This is a personal workflow choice. I do the Edit in Photoshop route, but it is not necessary. One just needs to Import the resulting .PSD into Encore with Import_As_Menu, so that Encore does all the things that it needs to and recognizes the .PSD as a Menu.
When deciding what to base your Menu on, remember that you can "populate" your Menu with Buttons from the Functional Content. I’d suggest studying these Assets, and picking the ones that work best for you. You can still alter/edit those back in PS, so you just need to "get close."
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I just found out that the above commands are there after all, but they are invisible until a source code file is opened. I expected them to be grayed out instead of being totally invisible.
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<UsedCommand guid="guidVSStd97" id="cmdidGotoDefn" />
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Labview freeze when accessing a custom menu with data on the clipboard

This one has got me stumped: When selecting a custom menu item with data on the clipboard the GUI freezes. Freezes are longer for more data and longer for older versions of Labview. I wrote the test code, attached, but the example "Menu Selection Demo.vi" shows the same behavior.
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Thus far this has been 100% repeatable and I have not been able to find a way around it. I also haven't found anything else similar on the forums or on the web. It appears to be a GUI freeze with Labview still running in the background, which is also odd.
My work-arounds at this point are either to not use the clipboard (bad), programatically clear the clipboard several times each second (worse) or remove all custom menu functionality and replace those functions with onscreen controls. So, for now, I'm removing custom menu items because my users need the clipboard and I can't have massive delays making my data acquisition code look crashed.
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Attachments:
Menu_Clipboard_Lv2011.vi ‏17 KB

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Message was edited by: jhickman

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