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mbarone
16.05.2001, 00:10
Hi all, what does this part of the code do:

avail="190+((toppage.x2-210)/6)"
oCMenu.menuplacement=new Array(190,avail,avail+"*2",avail+"*3",avail+"*4",avail+"*5")

Thanks


-Mike Barone
WWW.CGISCRIPT.NET, LLC
FREE CGI/PERL SCRIPTS
Xanth
16.05.2001, 01:32
Positions the main menus I suspect.

function Mike(name, mail) {
*****this.name = "Xanth";
*****this.mail = [url:zxrcsuvsmv]belgedin@earthlink.net[/url:zxrcsuvsmv];
*****return this;
}
bratta
16.05.2001, 05:21
That's just the code that I use to get the menus on this page positioned correctly.

-Thomas Brattli-
http://www.bratta.com/
http://www.dhtmlcentral.com/
mbarone
16.05.2001, 08:21
Okay, I am getting closer. I understand what the 190 does, can you guys walk me through the elements below? What does the "avail" mean, why do some have "+" after them and other not? Finally, what are the "*[number]"?

new Array(190,avail,avail+"*2",avail+"*3",avail+"*4",avail+"*5")

I appreciate you guys taking the time. I am starting to get it.





-Mike Barone
WWW.CGISCRIPT.NET, LLC
FREE CGI/PERL SCRIPTS
mbarone
16.05.2001, 08:34
In this:
avail="50+((toppage.x2-210)/6)" = "50" is position and "/6" divides by button total.

Can you explain what this does and where the numbers come from please:
(toppage.x2-210)

Thanks again!




-Mike Barone
WWW.CGISCRIPT.NET, LLC
FREE CGI/PERL SCRIPTS
bratta
16.05.2001, 09:12
toppage is a object that contains the entire width and height of the document.

Made with the object constructor:
function makePageCoords(win,fr){
if(!win) win=window
this.x=0;this.x2=(bw.ns4 || bw.ns6)?win.innerWidth-1:win.document.body.offsetWidth;
if(!fr&&bw.ie) this.x2-=20; else if(!fr&&bw.ns4) this.x2-=4; else if(bw.ns6) this.x2+=1
if(bw.ns4&&!win.rows) this.x2+=5
this.y=0;this.y2=(bw.ns4 || bw.ns6)?win.innerHeight:win.document.body.offsetHe ight;
if(!fr&&bw.ie) this.y2-=4; else if(bw.ns4&&fr) this.y2+=4
this.y2orig=this.y2; this.x50=this.x2/2; this.y50=this.y2/2;
this.x10=(this.x2*10)/100-5;this.y10=(this.y2*10)/100-5
this.x15=(this.x2*15)/100-5;this.y15=(this.y2*15)/100-5;
return this;
}

You can find some explainations on this at bratta.com/dhtml/scripts.asp (click tutorials, then documentsize)

toppage.x2 is the total width of the document.

The reason it looks a little strange in the code:
avail="190+((toppage.x2-210)/6)"
oCMenu.menuplacement=new Array(190,avail,avail+"*2",avail+"*3",avail+"*4",avail+"*5")

Is that I made it into a string so that each time the page reloads and the toppage changes the string will be evaluated so the menu items get the correct position.

Did that help?

-Thomas Brattli-
http://www.bratta.com/
http://www.dhtmlcentral.com/
mbarone
16.05.2001, 18:55
Yes, that helped a lot! It will give me enough to get to the next question ;)

Thanks!




-Mike Barone
WWW.CGISCRIPT.NET, LLC
FREE CGI/PERL SCRIPTS