dynamic dhtml menus

[btween]

I am trying to load a dhtml menu with some recordset values, but I don't know how to do this because response.write does not seem to work within a function

this is the static menu below:

function mmLoadMenus() {
  if (window.mm_menu_1024161616_0) return;
      window.mm_menu_1024161616_0 = new Menu("root",119,16,"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif",12,"#999999","#CCCCCC","#FFFFFF","#FFFFFF","left","middle",2,0,200,-5,7,true,true,true,0,true,true);
  mm_menu_1024161616_0.addMenuItem("brooches","location='jewlery.asp?cat=brooches'");
  mm_menu_1024161616_0.addMenuItem("necklaces","location='jewlery.asp?cat=necklaces'");
  mm_menu_1024161616_0.addMenuItem("earrings","location='jewlery.asp?cat=earrings'");
  mm_menu_1024161616_0.addMenuItem("bracelets","location='jewlery.asp?cat=bracelets'");
  mm_menu_1024161616_0.addMenuItem("rings","location='jewlery.asp?cat=rings'");
  mm_menu_1024161616_0.addMenuItem("hair accessories","location='jewlery.asp?cat=hair_accessories'");

What i would like to do is replace "brooches" with <%=rsJewlery("category")%> and jewlery.asp?cat=brooches with
"jewlery.asp?cat=" <%=rsJewlery("category")%>

any help is appeciated.

 

[Jeremy21b]

Instead of trying to write the category within the function, you could just pass that information to the function in the function call. I assume you have the function call in the body tag onload event. Change onload="mmLoanMenus();" to onload="mmLoanMenus('<%= rsJewlry("category") %>');". Then change your function to: function mmLoadMenus(cat) {

Then the location part would be location='jewlry.asp?cat=" + cat + "'");

By the way, jewlry is spelt jewelry.

 

[Jeremy21b]

speaking of spelling...I meant mmLoadMenus, not mmLoanMenus

 

[newmediaguy]

Hi

What you need to do is as follows:

function mmLoadMenus() {
  if (window.mm_menu_1024161616_0) return;
      window.mm_menu_1024161616_0 = new Menu("root",119,16,"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif",12,"#999999","#CCCCCC","#FFFFFF","#FFFFFF","left","middle",2,0,200,-5,7,true,true,true,0,true,true);

[COLOR=red yellow]<% While NOT rsJewelery.EOF  %> [/color]
mm_menu_1024161616_0.addMenuItem("<%= rsJewelry("category") %>","location='jewlery.asp?cat=<%= rsJewelry("category") %>'");
[COLOR=red yellow]rsJewelery.movenext
wend
%>[/color]

This will loop out all of the categories and corresponding links in to the DHTML menu array.

Let me know how you get on.

Thanks


Glen
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