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> the menu for the mini window is in the HTML page and you have another
> script the XML parser ?  Could it be used for parsing the menu?

Not without some difficulty since the data is needed before the page has
loaded, and importing XML is only reliable after the page has loaded.

You could simply move the menu definition into an external JavaScript file.
There is no need to play around with additional formats like XML.

> the id could be
> linked to an other XML file or java script and that gives the link.

Although the id attribute has no specific meaning in XML like that, I
recommend never abusing a single attribute like that. Just make an
appropriate attribute for each use:
text="Open"
script="javascript:window.open('foo')"


Mark 'Tarquin' Wilton-Jones - author of http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/

> With the java script using the external file you mean like a .JS file? How
> would you do that exactly?

create a file called foo.js and put the menu definition into it:

contNt.sub[0] = new displayBasedSub('File');
... etc ...
contNt.sub[3].sub[0] ... etc ...

then add it at the top of the HTML page:

<script src="foo.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

> Last question, with the XML your reply said that text="Open"
> script="javascript:window.open('foo')" where would the script= go with
> in ?
>
> <item text="File" id="javascript?" select="1">
>             <item text="Open" id="http://www.google.com"/ >
>             <item text="Edit" id="edit?">
>              </item>

something like this:

<item text="Open" script="javascript:window.open(\'foo\')">

But like I said, you really cannot reliably use an XML based solution with
that menu script.

> O.K I think I got it  is there a way not to get the links to open in a new
> window? Thanks

The script I used in my example uses:
window.open(\'someURL\')
You can either use:
window.open(\'someURL\',\'_self\')
or:
location.href = \'someURL\'

Hi,
The script is Movable Mini-Windows,
What happened is after I downloaded it I got the windows but the "window box"
stayed in one spot and does not move I hid the layers and it works
sometimes but after a little while the windows start falling apart. Some
things that happen are the expand image goes to some spot on the page and
works but will not move other times it stays in the middle of the window.
Then with the button at the top when it's in dreamweaver 8 I get all the
buttons close max, min but when I try in in FireFox I get the image not
found icon and will not load. What's going on? Thanks (if you want to see it
I have a picture of it ) Thanks...