CX Nav Bar - Help file

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Description:
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CX Nav Bar is a web menu, it is made to be used as navigation system for your web site.
The menu doesn't require macromedia flash program; it only requires the Flash Player that is installed on over 98% of the computers.
You will only need to use macromedia flash program if you want to make advanced modifications or advanced customizations to this menu.

How to use it:
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- Place the swf file in your web page, drag and drop in Dreamweaver or manually write the tags needed to display a swf flash file. This is a simple procedure but if you need more help see this link: http://www.macromedia.com/go/tn_4150
- The only files you need online are menu.swf and menu.xml
- Edit the XML file with a text editor like notepad form windows.
- Change the values between the quotes to change menu color, text, URL to open and other options.
- You can add / remove XML lines to add or remove buttons and sub buttons in the menu.

Parameters table:
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Parameter Name   Comments   Sample values
text   The text that you will see on each button or sub button   Home
Products
Services
Contact
type   This shows what happens when the button is clicked, geturl means the button will open a web page, loadmovie means that the button will load an external swf file, gotoandstop means that the button will make a certain clip go to a certain key frame.   geturl
gotoandstop
gotoandplay
loadmovie
fscommand
function
what   This is the parameter that will tell the menu what page to open or what key frame to go to, what movie to load, what function name to trigger or what FS command to trigger.   http://www.tntcenter.com
2
external_file.swf
my_function
fullscreen
where   This parameter will show where the above action will take place, in what frame to open the html page, in what clip to load a swf file, in what clip to go to a key frame, in what clip is the function that needs to be triggered.  

_parent
_blank
clip1
_root

bg_file   This is the path to the background file that you can have in the menu, the background file can ge a jpg or a swf file. We recommend setting the file with full path including host name.  

http://www.tntcenter.com/menu_swf.swf
http://www.tntcenter.com/menu_bg.jpg
/menubg.jpg
/files/menu_bg.jpg
menu_bg.swf
menu_bg.jpg
undefined
none

step_size   This is the size of the menu movement when menu is going up or down, setting this to 1 will have a smoother but slower move. Recomended value is 10. Maximum value that can have an effect is same as sub menus height, in that case menu will move directley to top or base margin.   1
10
20
55
text_color1   The color code of the default text on the buttons. Remember to enter this value WITHOUT the # in front (usually other applications show the color code as #FFCC00)   000000
FFFFFF
FFCC00
333333
CCCCCC
text_color2   The color code of the text when mouse is over the button. Remember to enter this value WITHOUT the # in front (usually other applications show the color code as #FFCC00)   000000
FFFFFF
FFCC00
333333
CCCCCC
rollout_delay   The time to wait starting from when mouse goes outside of the menu and untill sub menus close. In this particular case the value is related to frame rate. While frame rate is 40 then setting rollout_delay to 40 will generate 1 second delay 80 = 2 seconds  

10
40
50
80
250

sound_volume   The sound volume of the buttons; value can be from 0 to 100; 0 means that sound is muted.   0
35
100
button_size   The width in pixels of the main buttons and sub buttons. Usually is from 100 to 200.   50
120
200
Parameter Name   Comments   Sample values


If you need more support with the menu visit the general support page at www.tntcenter.com

Last update 10-May-2006