Importing Projects from Older Versions

One of the most significant improvements in DHTML Menu Builder Version 3.0 is the ability to generate paths that work under any scenario in which they are implemented. This can be done by virtue of the new Configurations section under Project Properties.

All of the information about the items in your project is strongly tied to the selected default configuration. If you are going to use a project from an older version (2.8 or older) of DHTML Menu Builder with a version 3.0 or newer, you must create this information contained in the default configuration.

When importing a project created with an older version of DHTML Menu Builder, the following three things will be done automatically:

• Fix Groups Over action
  Version 2 Groups had just one action: Display the Group. Version 3 Groups, on the other hand, can have multiple actions.

• Fix Commands URL
  Under earlier versions of DHTML Menu Builder, URLs could be root-level links or relative links. Under DHTML Menu Builder 3.0, all of the command links must be fully qualified URLs. The program will try to add the fully qualified path to each page based on the imported information about your server's root folder.
  You should check each and every link after you import a project. Those links found to be faulty can be fixed by clicking on the browse button under the selected action and then re-selecting the target document.

• Create a default configuration
  The single configuration that existed under earlier versions will be imported as the default local configuration under DHTML Menu Builder 3.

After importing an older project, you must check the settings of the default configuration to ensure that the setup is correct.

Here are more issues you should check if your projects use any of the features mentioned below:

• Opening links in new windows
  If your project used JavaScript commands to open a link in a new window, it is recommended that you convert these actions and use the integrated support to open new windows. To do the conversion, just follow these simple steps:

  • Change the action type to Open URL in new window

  • Remove all the JavaScript code from the URL and just leave the target link

  • Click the New Window Settings button and set up your new window settings

• AddIns
  None of the AddIns that were developed for previous versions of DHTML Menu Builder will work in version 3. However, the following AddIns are now default behaviors, so these AddIns are no longer needed:
  • Auto Relative Positioning
  • AutoClose Timer
  • Context Menus
  • For Images Only

It is very important to understand that after saving an imported project under DHTML Menu Builder 3, you will not be able to re-open this same project under any previous version, so you should always make backup copies of your projects.