Multiple declarations of fwLoadMenus

Question

I am having an issue with declaring multiple fwLoadMenus. I
have a template that declares a set of menus that every page uses,
but I would also like to add additional menus to other objects that
would be page specific. A simplified version of the code looks as
follows:
quote:
<!-- Static content. These menus are used on every page
-->
function fwLoadMenus() {
if (window.fw_menu_1) return;
window.fw_menu_1 = new Menu("root",128,17,"Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif",11,"#3366ff","#cc6600","#ffffff","#ffffff");
fw_menu_1.addMenuItem("X","location='X'");
fw_menu_1.addMenuItem("X","location='X'");
fw_menu_1.addMenuItem("X","location='X'");
fw_menu_1.hideOnMouseOut=true;
if (window.fw_menu_0) return;
window.fw_menu_0 = new Menu("root",115,17,"Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif",11,"#3366ff","#cc6600","#ffffff","#ffffff");
fw_menu_0.addMenuItem("X","location='X'");
fw_menu_0.addMenuItem("X","location='X'");
fw_menu_0.addMenuItem("X","location='X'");
fw_menu_0.hideOnMouseOut=true;
fw_menu_0.writeMenus();
fw_menu_1.writeMenus();
} // fwLoadMenus()
<script language=JavaScript
src="fw_menu1.js"></script>
<!-- Page specific content. -->
<script language=JavaScript>
function fwLoadMenus2() {
if (window.fw_menu_3) return;
window.fw_menu_3 = new Menu("root",128,17,"Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif",11,"#3366ff","#cc6600","#ffffff","#ffffff");
fw_menu_3.addMenuItem("X","location ='X'");
fw_menu_3.addMenuItem("X","location ='X'");
fw_menu_3.addMenuItem("X","location ='X'");
fw_menu_3.hideOnMouseOut=true;
fw_menu_3.writeMenus();}
</script>
<script language=JavaScript
src="fw_menu1.js"></script>
Much later on..
<script language=JavaScript>fwLoadMenus();</script
>
<script language=JavaScript>fwLoadMenus2();</script
>
And further on..
<A
onmouseover="window.FW_showMenu(window.fw_menu_1,374,50)"
href="#">
<a
onMouseOver="window.FW_showMenu(window.fw_menu_3,630,90)"
href="#">
As you can see, there are two separate declarations for two
menus and the names do not interfer. When the page loads, only the
static set of menus (menu1, menu0) appear. The other set (menu3)
acts as though it was never initialized. Is there a problem with
having two function calls that generate menu items?
Ideally, Id like to just add an editable region inside the
<script> region where the first set of menus is declared, but
Dreamweaver 8 and previous versions refuse to recognize such tags
as viable locations. Were it possible, then I could just append my
third menu. Is there a simple work around to make a <script>
editable (short of injecting code via another script) or is it
easier to get two fwLoadMenus to co-exist?
Appreciate the help.

Answer 1

Please read what the author of these menus (he adapted them
from code
produced originally by Netscape) has to say about them -
http://www.losingfight.com/blog/2006/08/11/the-sordid-tale-of-mm_menufw_menujs/
Do you really want to use them?
Murray --- ICQ 71997575
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"K. Thomas" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>I am having an issue with declaring multiple fwLoadMenus.
I have a template
> that declares a set of menus that every page uses, but I
would also like
> to add
> additional menus to other objects that would be page
specific. A
> simplified
> version of the code looks as follows:
>
>
quote:
>
> <!-- Static content. These menus are used on every
page -->
> function fwLoadMenus() {
>
> if (window.fw_menu_1) return;
> window.fw_menu_1 = new Menu("root",128,17,"Arial,
Helvetica,
> sans-serif",11,"#3366ff","#cc6600","#ffffff","#ffffff");
>
> fw_menu_1.addMenuItem("X","location='X'");
> fw_menu_1.addMenuItem("X","location='X'");
> fw_menu_1.addMenuItem("X","location='X'");
> fw_menu_1.hideOnMouseOut=true;
>
> if (window.fw_menu_0) return;
> window.fw_menu_0 = new Menu("root",115,17,"Arial,
Helvetica,
> sans-serif",11,"#3366ff","#cc6600","#ffffff","#ffffff");
>
> fw_menu_0.addMenuItem("X","location='X'");
> fw_menu_0.addMenuItem("X","location='X'");
> fw_menu_0.addMenuItem("X","location='X'");
> fw_menu_0.hideOnMouseOut=true;
>
> fw_menu_0.writeMenus();
> fw_menu_1.writeMenus();
>
> } // fwLoadMenus()
>
> <script language=JavaScript
src="fw_menu1.js"></script>
>
> <!-- Page specific content. -->
>
> <script language=JavaScript>
> function fwLoadMenus2() {
>
> if (window.fw_menu_3) return;
>
> window.fw_menu_3 = new Menu("root",128,17,"Arial,
Helvetica,
> sans-serif",11,"#3366ff","#cc6600","#ffffff","#ffffff");
> fw_menu_3.addMenuItem("X","location ='X'");
> fw_menu_3.addMenuItem("X","location ='X'");
> fw_menu_3.addMenuItem("X","location ='X'");
> fw_menu_3.hideOnMouseOut=true;
>
> fw_menu_3.writeMenus();}
> </script>
> <script language=JavaScript
src="fw_menu1.js"></script>
>
>
> Much later on..
>
> <script
language=JavaScript>fwLoadMenus();</script >
> <script
language=JavaScript>fwLoadMenus2();</script >
>
> And further on..
>
> <A
onmouseover="window.FW_showMenu(window.fw_menu_1,374,50)"
href="#">
> ...
> <a
onMouseOver="window.FW_showMenu(window.fw_menu_3,630,90)"
href="#">
>
>
> As you can see, there are two separate declarations for
two menus and the
> names do not interfer. When the page loads, only the
static set of menus
> (menu1, menu0) appear. The other set (menu3) acts as
though it was never
> initialized. Is there a problem with having two function
calls that
> generate
> menu items?
>
> Ideally, Id like to just add an editable region inside
the <script> region
> where the first set of menus is declared, but
Dreamweaver 8 and previous
> versions refuse to recognize such tags as viable
locations. Were it
> possible,
> then I could just append my third menu. Is there a
simple work around to
> make a
> <script> editable (short of injecting code via
another script) or is it
> easier
> to get two fwLoadMenus to co-exist?
>
> Appreciate the help.
>