Tips & Tricks
Importance of using the Browse button when setting the links for the commands
In order to use the Browse button to set the links for your commands, you need to properly setup the default configuration.
When you create a new project, a configuration of type local is created for you, so the first thing you should do is setup its parameters.
Select File->Project Properties->Configurations and, at least, fill in the Paths section.
Every time you click on the browse button to create a link, DHTML Menu Builder will use the full path to that link. This will allow DHTML Menu Builder to interpret which part of the link is the root web and which part is the path to the link.
Let's say that you local path to the root web is:
c:\inetpub\wwwroot\myproject\
Now, let's say you have created a link to this page:
c:\inetpub\wwwroot\myproject\reports\index.html
DHTML Menu Builder will be able to recognize what part of the path to the index.html file is the root web (c:\inetpub\wwwroot\myproject\) and what part is the path to the file (\reports\).
And why is this useful?
Let's suppose that you now create a remote configuration and you set it as the default one. DHTML Menu Builder will scan all your links and change the root web information from the local configuration for the root web information of the new remote configuration.
So, if the Root Web for your remote configuration is:
http://myserver.com/
DHTML Menu Builder will automatically update the link we created before to the index.html like this:
http://myserver.com/reports/index.html
When to update the loader code
The loader code must be updated only when:
- Is the first time you implement the menus on your web site and you're using the integrated toolbar.
- You switch configurations.
- You change the paths on one or more of your configurations.
- You change the name of the compiled files.
- You change the type of Code Optimization.
When to run the HotSpots Editor
The HotSpots Editor must be used only when:
- Is the first time you implement the menus on your web site and you're not using the integrated toolbar.
- You rename one or more groups.
- You add a new hotspot and need to attach a group to it.
- You rename an image's name on your page that is being used as a hotspot.
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