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99264 2002-11-17 21:16:00 Hi all

I want to download something like the menu on this page (http://www.womenintechnology.co.nz/) for use on my personal site (definitely non commercial). Does anyone know where I can download from?

Apycom have this one (www.apycom.com), but after stuffing around for ages I still can't figure out how to download the bloody thing (i.e which "package" it is part of).

If anyone can a) figure out which one it belongs to, so I don't have to download all of them and incur wrath from the boss for over zealous jetstream usage, or b) find something better, I would be most appreciative. I might even send you a kitten, if you're real lucky.

Thanks 		honeylaser (814)
99265 2002-11-17 21:33:00 Honeylaser,

The Apycom download (from their Download page) Apycom Java Menu Applets 3.12 (.exe) which is approx 743Kb is the one. Download it to a directory on your local pc and then run the supplied exe (apmenu.exe) which will step you through installation. After install there will be a tutorial on how/where etc you use/setup the menus you want.

HTH
Cheers, Babe. 		Babe Ruth (416)
99266 2002-11-17 21:43:00 Awesome, thanks :) I've downloaded and I'm having a play now! honeylaser (814)
99267 2002-11-18 19:46:00 Meh. Does anyone feel like downloading it and walking me through setting it up? I'm stuck :( honeylaser (814)
99268 2002-11-18 20:04:00 Honeylaser,

I'm not much help to you on this (not a web/html/menu designer) I downloaded, installed the files in a test directory and then ran the powerpoint presentation which seemed (to my uneducated-html mind) to be of some use in putting the jar files etc in the right places. There are two versions of the prentation one is a powerpoint slide show and the other is an html show. Sorry I couldn't be of more use.

Cheers, Babe. :-( 		Babe Ruth (416)
99269 2002-11-18 22:36:00 I tried putting the .jar files into my web directory, and changing the location to reflect it, but it won't work.

It tells me to "Copy the .jar files for the menus to a location on the web server where other files can reference them –There can be a single copy of the .jar files on the server (in an “includes”, “applets”, or similar directory) – use relative path names to specify the exact location."

I have done that, and my code looks something like this:

<body>
<applet Code="apPopupMenu" Archive="H:\*********\apPopupMenu.jar" Width="597" Height="28" codebase="apPopupMenu.jar">
<param name=“menuItems”
value=“{Apycom,www.apycom.com,_blank,pix
{-}
{apMenus,pix/progs.gif}
{|apMenu,_,_}
{|apButtonMenu,_,_}
{|apPopupMenu}
{||Examples}
{|||Example #1,testlink.html,_self}
{|||Example #2,testlink.html,_self}
{|||Example #3,testlink.html,_self}
{|||Example #4,testlink.html,_self}
{|||Example #5,testlink.html,_self}
{||Main parameters}
{|||backColor,testlink.html,_self}
{|||menuItems,testlink.html,_self}
{|apImageMenu,_,_}
{Parameters,testlink.html,_self,pix/setup.gif}
{Examples,testlink.html,_self,pix/help.gif}
{Download,www.apycom.com
{-}
{Contact,mailto:support@apycom.com,_self,pix/mail.gif}”></applet>
</body>


Basically I just grabbed their example to try it out on, but its a no show. What am I doing wrong? Please don't tell me its something blisteringly obvious! 		honeylaser (814)
99270 2002-11-19 01:49:00 > ... – use relative path names ...

But you have:
<applet Code="apPopupMenu" Archive="H:\*********\apPopupMenu.jar" Width ...
That doesn't look like a relative path to me. :) 		antmannz (28)
99271 2002-11-19 02:18:00 > > ... – use relative path names ...
>
> But you have:
> <applet Code="apPopupMenu"
> Archive="H:\*********\apPopupMenu.jar" Width ...
>
> That doesn't look like a relative path to me. :)


********** is the path. I just used that instead of reeling off H:\documents\websites\new\2002\november

So, assume the path is:

H:\documents\websites\new\2002\november\apPopupMen u.jar

:D 		honeylaser (814)
99272 2002-11-19 03:13:00 Um .... yeah, but "H:\blah\blah\blah\file.jar" is an absolute path,
whereas "Archive=applets/file.jar" is a relative path.

If the applet doesn't like to be referenced thru an absolute path (although I don't know why that would be - could be something to do with how it interacts with the web server, I'm guessing - java ain't my thing) then that would be your prob. 		antmannz (28)
99273 2002-11-19 19:52:00 so you're saying if I drop the "archive" bit it should work? honeylaser (814)
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