DOSMENU

How to use a different Background image

You can use any 256 color Bitmap file as background image. Just replace the DOSMENU.DMI file with your Bitmap file.

The colors for the Menu are taken from the 256 color palette of the Bitmap file.
To see all available colors and their color-code start DOSMENU using the command line argument "palette"

Example:

  dosmenu palette

Output:

The color-codes for the Menu are set in the DOSMENU.COL file

This is the default content of the DOSMENU.COL file when using the palette from above:

  MenuFrameColor=254
  MenuForeColor=255
  MenuBackColor=0
  TextColor=15
  TextShadowColor=254
  SelFGColor=0
  SelBGColor=255
  ExitFrameColor=254
  ExitBackColor=255
  ExitForeColor=15

Usage:

Number	Color name	Description	Default Color-Code
1	MenuFrameColor	Frame Color	254
2	MenuForeColor	Menu Items Text Color	255
3	MenuBackColor	Menu Background Color	0
4	TextColor	Info-Text Color	15
5	TextShadowColor	Info-Text Shadow Color	254
6	SelFGColor	Selected Item Text Color	0
7	SelBGColor	Selected Item Background Color	255
8	ExitFrameColor	Frame Color of Exit Dialog	254
9	ExitBackColor	Background Color of Exit Dialog	255
10	ExitForeColor	Text Color of Exit Dialog	15

Note: The mouse cursor is always using color-code 15!