DJTextmenu

Typical Applet Configuration
 

<applet code = djtextmenu.class   archive = djmenuarchive.zip height = 30 width = 250 >

<param NAME = appletfontsize VALUE = 12>
<param NAME = backgroundColor VALUE = 0x000000>
<param NAME = panelbackgroundColor VALUE = "204,204,204">
<param NAME = canvasbackgroundColor VALUE = "204,204,204">
<param NAME = statusbarTextColor VALUE = "255,0,0">
<param NAME = statusbarMouseOverTextColor VALUE = "0x0000FF">
<param NAME = bordersize VALUE = 1>
<param NAME = threeD VALUE = true>
<param NAME = textOffset VALUE = 15>
<param NAME = frame VALUE = "_top">
<param NAME = underlineText VALUE = false>
<param NAME = underlineTextColor VALUE = 0x00FF00>
<param NAME = direction  VALUE = 1>
<param NAME = menuFontSize  VALUE = 12>

Parameter Definitions

backgroundColor	The background color of the applet. This is the border color if selected with borderSize > 0
canvasbackgroundColor	The background color of the canvas area around the text
panelbackgroundColor	the background color of the main panel area .
statusbarTextColor	The text color of the Text Descriptions
statusbarMouseOverTextColor	The alternate color of the text description when the mouse is over the text.
appletFontSize	The font size of the text description. Default is 12 if not defined
borderSize	The size of the border in pixels. 0 = no border. The color defined in panelbackgroundColor will be the border color.  Default is 0 if not defined.
menuFontSize	This parameter will change the font size of the pulldown menu item lists. Default if not used is 12
textOffset	spacing ( in pixels) between each of the text bar entries
Frame	This parameter defines where the URL's will be launched to on the page. Default is "_top" . You can also force any individual URL to any frame by overriding this function. See note below.
threeD	Parameter is either TRUE or FALSE. If "true" then text will have a "3D" button around them when the mouse is over the image Default is "false" if the parameter is not defined
menuitem0 - menuitem (n)	these are the text descriptions to place on the applet See notes below for format.
item(n)menu(n)	Pulldown menu definitions for the associated text. See notes below for examples.
underlineText	Parameter is either TRUE or FALSE
underlineTextColor	If underlineText is "true", then this is color of the underline
direction	1 = vertical alignment   0 = horizontal alignment

Note: All colors are entered in either hexidecimal or decimal RGB format . As an example , the color white = 0xFFFFFF in hex and white = "255,255,255" in RGB format.

Source of the example above

Note : for simplicity , all URL descriptions point to null rather than a real URL

<applet code = djtextmenu archive = djmenuarchive.zip height = 30 width = 220 >
<param NAME = backgroundColor VALUE = 0x000000>
<param NAME = panelbackgroundColor VALUE = "0x99CC99">
<param NAME = canvasbackgroundColor VALUE = "0x99CC99">
<param NAME = statusbarTextColor VALUE = "255,0,0">
<param NAME = statusbarMouseOverTextColor VALUE = "0x0000FF">
<param NAME = bordersize VALUE = 1>
<param NAME = threeD VALUE = true>
<param name = textOffset value = 15>
<param name = appletfontsize value = 14>
<param NAME = underlineText VALUE = false>
<param NAME = underlineTextColor VALUE = 0x0000>
<param name = direction  value = 0>
 

<!-- this code defines the text to display in the main part of the applet-->
<param name = menuitem0 value = "Applets">
<param name = menuitem1 value = "Home Pages">
<param name = menuitem2 value = "Forum">
 

<!-- this code define the main menu for the first text description called "applets" -->
<param name = item0menu0  value = " " >
<param name = item0menu0item0  value = "Java Boutique Top 100|null" >
<param name = item0menu0item1  value = "-" >
<param name = item0menu0item2  value = "item0menu1" >
<param name = item0menu0item3  value = "Archive|null" >

<!-- this code defines the submenu referenced above in item0menu0item2 -->

<param name = item0menu1  value = " List by Categories" >
<param name = item0menu1item0  value = "Navigation|null" >
<param name = item0menu1item1  value = "Network|null" >
<param name = item0menu1item2  value = "Education|null" >
<param name = item0menu1item3  value = "Audio|null" >
<param name = item0menu1item4  value = "Games|null" >
<param name = item0menu1item5  value = "Text Effects|null" >
<param name = item0menu1item6  value = "-" >
<param name = item0menu1item7  value = "Hall of Fame|null" >

<!-- this code define the main menu for the second text descriptiion called "Home Pages" -->
<param name = item1menu0  value = " " >
<param name = item1menu0item0  value = "Internet.com|null" >
<param name = item1menu0item1  value = "-" >
<param name = item1menu0item2  value = "JavaBoutique|null" >
<param name = item1menu0item3  value = "-" >
<param name = item1menu0item4  value = "SUN's JavaSoft Page|null" >
<param name = item1menu0item5  value = "-" >
<param name = item1menu0item6  value = "JAR's top 25% Applets|null" >

<!-- this code define the main menu for the third text description called "forum" -->
<param name = item2menu0  value = " " >
<param name = item2menu0item0  value = "FAQ|null" >
<param name = item2menu0item1  value = "User's Poll|null" >
<param name = item2menu0item2  value = "Discussion Group|null" >
<param name = item2menu0item3  value = "-" >
<param name = item2menu0item4  value = "Contact Us|null" >
</applet>

Text Definitions

This applet supports up to twenty(20) text entries.  an example is  :

< PARAM name = "menuitem0" value = " first pulldown menu text description">
< PARAM name = "menuitem1" value = " second pulldown menu text description">
etc
etc.
< PARAM name = "menuitem20" value = "  twentieth pulldown menu text description">

Menu definitions

Menus are attached to each of the above defined text strings as follows :

the first string is attached to the menu called item0menu0.
the second string is attached to the menu called item1menu0.
the third string  is attached to the menu called item2menu0.
etc.
 .
 .
etc.

Each menu has up to fifty(50) items associated with it. Each item is defined in the format

item0menu0item0        the first item in the list
item0menu0item1        the second item in the list
etc.

Each item has two (2) parameters associated with it. The item name that will be displayed in the pulldown list, and the URL that the user will be sent to when the item is selected with a mouse click. The two parameters are seperated with the "|" character.

referencing sub menus

A menu item can reference another menu. To do this, put the new menu reference in the value field of the parameter instead of a document page. ( see example code above )
As with the other examples we will assume that we are referencing the first text entry. Since the first  menu is called "item0menu0" we reference the sub menu as "item0menu1".   The main menu could also reference another menu called "item0menu2".  To further go down the menu tree, the sub menu "item0menu1" could have a reference to a third menu called "item0menu3".
The numbers on the menus is not important. The only restriction is that all menus associated with the first image start with the description "item0"

Note: Unlike the main menu for the text entry, sub menus need a value parameter. This is the name that appears in the main menu that references the sub menu.
 

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