Horizontal menu bar - dynamic xml submenus - how?

hi everyone!
i have an xml file which i want to turn into a spry horizontal menu bar:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<menu>
<menuitem heading="Kennel" url="">
     <submenu heading="Dogs" url="includes/html/dogs.html" />
     <submenu heading="*******" url="includes/html/*******.html" />
     <submenu heading="Puppies" url="includes/html/puppies.html" />
     <submenu heading="Champions" url="includes/html/champions.html" />
     <submenu heading="Hot Prospect" url="includes/html/hotprospects.html" />
     <submenu heading="Family" url="includes/html/family.html" />
     <submenu heading="Exports" url="includes/html/exports.html" />
</menuitem>
<menuitem heading="News" url="news/news.html">
    <submenu heading="News" url="news/news.html" />
    <submenu heading="Breeding Plans" url="includes/html/breeding.html" />
    <submenu heading="Available" url="includes/html/available.html" />
</menuitem>
<menuitem heading="Other" url="">
    <submenu heading="Gallery" url="includes/html/gallery.html" />
    <submenu heading="Tribute" url="includes/html/tribute.html" />
    <submenu heading="Links" url="includes/html/links.html" />
</menuitem>
<menuitem heading="Contact" url="includes/html/contact.html" />
</menu>
i managed to make each menuitem display but ther submenus can't/wont populate! you cant have nested spry regions, so how is it done???
any help would be appreciated!
thanks!
a very confused delboy :-s

actually you can have nested spry xmldataset so long as your spry is up to date ;-)

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Hi,
Before I give you the solution, please be advised that nothing goes above supplying an online URL. This helps us more than anything else. In fact, with an online URL ther is no need for further code.
So, in your case, thank you for the URL.
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    </ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#">Item 2</a></li>
<li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">Item 3</a>
    <ul>
      <li><a class="MenuBarItemSubmenu" href="#">Item 3.1</a>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="#">Item 3.1.1</a></li>
          <li><a href="#">Item 3.1.2</a></li>
        </ul>
      </li>
      <li><a href="#">Item 3.2</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Item 3.3</a></li>
    </ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#">Item 4</a></li>
</ul>
<script src="http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/spry/includes_minified/SpryMenuBar.js"></script>
<script>
var MenuBar1 = new Spry.Widget.MenuBar("MenuBar1", {imgDown:"SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarDownHover.gif", imgRight:"SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif"});
</script>
</body>
</html>
Although the following images do not fit the width of the menu items, they are the nest I have for this illustration.
menu_button.png is:
and menu_button_down.png is :
Just copy and paste the markup into a new document and copy the images to the same directory. Then view in a browser of your choice.
Gramps

*Help* Spry Horizontal Menu Bar wont show and cant seem to center it with rest of content

Hey,
I am a newbie to Dreamweaver and was wondering if someone can
help me with the Spry Horizontal Menu Bar....
http://www.djdanmatthews.net
1) After moving mouse over diffrent areas of Spry menu bar
the text seems to disapear or not show up?
2) I can't seem to center content of Spry menu bar with rest
of website?
3) How do I ad a image (where also can I get it) to the Spry
menu bar so it looks more professional &3d?
Thanks so much,
Dan

*Bump

Horizontal menu bar - dynamic xml submenus - how?

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