Many
of the features of the Menu Builder are identical to
those found in the Site Builder, so we won't go into
much detail about them here.
If you have gone through the section on the
Site Builder, you should already have a good understanding
of the Menu Builder's interface. Following are explanations
of the features that haven't been discussed yet.
View
Code Tab
The View Code tab shows you the true HTML and Flash
code used to create the Flash menu page. This may not
make much sense to you if you're new to Flash programming,
but seasoned programmers will find the View Code tab
a handy way to edit the code directly.
Define
Menu Bar
This is where you create your Flash menus. Each menu
you see in the Preview is listed in the Define Menu
Bar area. When you click a menu name on the bar, you
are given three choices for editing the menu: Add
SubMenu, Edit, and Delete. And if
the menu has sub-menus, you'll see options for editing
and deleting each sub-menu. Clicking the Add New
Menu button allows you to add another menu to the
list. These features are described in more detail in
the following section, Building
Menus.
Target Window for Links
This box allows you to specify a target window/frame
for the links on your menu. This function is particularly
useful if you are using your Flash menu bar in an HTML
frame, and you want your content to display in another
frame when your menu links are clicked. For example,
if you have created an HTML frame named "mainFrame,"
in which you want all your content to display, you would
enter "mainFrame" in the Target Window
for Links box. Entering "_blank"
in this box will cause your content to load in a new
blank window every time a menu option is clicked. A
good understanding of HTML will help you use this option.
You can find many useful HTML references on the Web.
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