Recent Questions
Q: From your website, I see that you are able to populate a menu through ASP/VB, but I have not been able to figure out how this is done.
How exactly do you use an ASP script to generate the menu items for the dynamic menu?
A: You may generate a menu from a database or XML using any server-side script, e.g., PHP, ASP, VB, etc.
However, these scripts don't work inside of Javascript .js files, so, you should move parameters of a menu from a .js file into an html-page, e.g.:
<!-- Deluxe Menu -->
<noscript><a href="http://deluxe-menu.com">Javascript Menu by Deluxe-Menu.com</a></noscript>
<script type="text/javascript"> var dmWorkPath = "menudir/";</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="menudir/dmenu.js"></script>
<!-- (c) 2006, http://deluxe-menu.com -->
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript1.2">
// and describe parameters of a menu
var parameter1=value1;
var parameter2=value2;
etc.
var menuItems = [
// here you generate items using server-side scripts (php, asp, vb, etc.)
];
</script>
Unfortunately we don't have examples with ASP and SQL.
The example of the menu working with PHP/MYSQL you can find here:
http://deluxe-menu.com/rq-loading-bar-MySQL-support.html
Q: I have just bought the software and created a first menu.
As you can see the sub-menus appear away for the menu/navigation bar.
This doesnТt happen when I put the code into an .html file without any divs.
Can you suggest what the problem might be here?
A: The problem is that the script can't get css properties of the object if they are described in separate .css block (or file).
In other words, you can't get the value of "position" attribute of the object if the object doesn't have this property within inline style(style="position:absolute"). To get the value you should move .css style into style="" attribute.
Please, try to add your
css file -> inline css, for example:
You should add <DIV id=nav_bar_main>
to the
style="position:absolute;"
So, you'll have:
<DIV id=nav_bar_main style="position:absolute;">
Check that.
Q: Can you please give me an example of how I would return the full path to the selected item of the web site menu?
A: See the following example:
function getFullPath(mInd){
var result='';
// get pressed item
var params = dm_ext_getMenuParams(mInd);
if (!(params[2]>=0)) return '';
function getPathForItem(mInd,smInd,itInd){
// get for this item
var params = dm_ext_getItemParams(mInd,smInd,itInd);
var result = params[2]+ '('+ params[3]+')';
// find root item id
if (smInd <= 0) return result;
params = dm_ext_getSubmenuParams(mInd,smInd);
for ( var smInd_=0;smInd_ for ( var itInd_=0;itInd_ itParam = dm_ext_getItemParams(mInd,smInd_,itInd_);
if (itParam[0]=arams[2])// id
return result + '->' + getPathForItem(mInd,smInd_,itInd_);
}
}
return result;
};
return getPathForItem(mInd,params[1],params[2]);
}
Q: I am totally confused by this now but I have 2 data files - one for a menu bar going horizontal and one going vertical both containing the same information. But even though the content is the same, the layout is different.
You will see that on the horizontal menu,
Fleet
Financce
CPC Cards
Cashire
These are listed correctly under each other but on the vertical one, the layout differs.
A: You should write your parameters more carefully.
See, now you have
menuItems = [
["About us","javascript:alert('Coming Soon')", , , ,"" ,0 , , , ],
["|||Organisation Chart","javascript:alert('Coming Soon')", , , ,"" ,1, , , ],
First you have the 1-st level of menu items then at once 4-th. It isnot right. You should write the number of your Individual Style in ""also.
See, how you should write your menuItems:
menuItems = [
["About us","javascript:alert('Coming Soon')", , , ,"" ,"0" , , , ],
["|Organisation Chart","javascript:alert('Coming Soon')", , , ,"","1", , , ],
["|Who's Who?","/k6intranet2.nsf/PageTitleLookup/Who's Who?OpenDocument", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["|Contact Details","javascript:alert('Coming Soon')", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["How To?","javascript:alert('Coming Soon')", , , ,"" ,"0", , , ],
["|Fleet","javascript:alert('Coming Soon')", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["||Hire a Vehicle","/k6intranet2.nsf/PageTitleLookup/Hire a Vehicle?OpenDocument", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["||Report an Accident","/k6intranet2.nsf/PageTitleLookup/How to report an accident?OpenDocument", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["||Report a Breakdown","/k6intranet2.nsf/PageTitleLookup/Report a Breakdown?OpenDocument", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["|Finance Admin","javascript:alert('Coming Soon')", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["||Capitalise an Asset","/k6intranet2.nsf/PageTitleLookup/capitalise an asset?OpenDocument", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["||Pay your Personal Calls on Mobile Phone Bills","/k6intranet2.nsf/PageTitleLookup/Pay your personal calls on mobile phone bills?OpenDocument", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["||Request a credit to be raised","javascript:alert('Coming Soon')", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["|CPC Cards","javascript:alert('Coming Soon')", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["||Request a new CPC user","/k6intranet2.nsf/PageTitleLookup/request a new cpc user?OpenDocument", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["||Report a Lost/Stolen CPC Card","/k6intranet2.nsf/PageTitleLookup/Report a lost or stolen card?OpenDocument", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["||Enquire about a general CPC query","/k6intranet2.nsf/PageTitleLookup/enquire about a general cpc query?OpenDocument", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["|Cashier","javascript:alert('Coming Soon')", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["||Request a Cashbook Manual Payment","/k6intranet2.nsf/PageTitleLookup/Request a Cashbook Manual Payment?OpenDocument", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["||Request a Cashbook BACS Payment","/k6intranet2.nsf/PageTitleLookup/Request a cashbook Bacs payment?OpenDocument", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["Useful Information","javascript:alert('Coming Soon')", , , ,"" ,"0" , , , ],
["|Month End Timetable 2007","javascript:alert('Coming Soon')", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["|Month End Year to Date Results","javascript:alert('Coming Soon')", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["||Coming Soon...","javascript:alert('Coming Soon')", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["Finance Focus","javascript:alert('Coming Soon')", , , ,"" ,"0" , , , ],
["|Coming Soon...","javascript:alert('Coming Soon')", , , ,"" ,"1", , , ],
["Coming Soon","javascript:alert('Coming Soon')", , , ,"" ,"0", , , ],
];
dm_init();
