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Hiermenus Go Forth, IV:
Version 4 - The Page-Specific Parameters



Here is a comparison table of the old Version 3 Global Parameters and new Version 4 Page-Specific Parameters:

Version 3 Global Parameters
(as of Version 3.10.3)		Version 4 Page-Specific Parameters
 deprecated in Version 4
  new to Version 4
menuVersion = 3;


menuWidth = 150;
fntFam = "Arial,sans-serif";;
fntSiz = "10";
fntBold = false;
fntItal = false;
fntCol = "blue";
overFnt = "white";
backCol = "#DDDDDD";
overCol = "#FFCCCC";
itemPad = 3;
borWid = 2;
borCol = "black";
borSty = "solid";
separator = 2;
separatorCol = "black";
imgSrc = "https://.../tri.gif";
imgSiz = 10;


keepHilite = true;
clickStart = 1;
clickKill = true;
childOverlap = 20;
childOffset = 10;
perCentOver = null;
secondsVisible = .5;


isFrames = false;
navFrLoc = "left";
mainFrName = "main";


HM_PG_MenuWidth = 150;
HM_PG_FontFamily = "Arial,sans-serif";
HM_PG_FontSize = 10;
HM_PG_FontBold = false;
HM_PG_FontItalic = false;
HM_PG_FontColor = "blue";
HM_PG_FontColorOver = "white";
HM_PG_BGColor = "#DDDDDD";
HM_PG_BGColorOver = "#FFCCCC";
HM_PG_ItemPadding = 3;
HM_PG_BorderWidth = 2;
HM_PG_BorderColor = "black";
HM_PG_BorderStyle = "solid";
HM_PG_SeparatorSize = 2;
HM_PG_SeparatorColor = "black";
HM_PG_ImageSrc = "https://.../tri.gif";
HM_PG_ImageSize = 10;


HM_PG_ImageHorizSpace = 0;
HM_PG_ImageVertSpace = 3;


HM_PG_KeepHilite = true; 
HM_PG_ClickStart = 1;
HM_PG_ClickKill = true;
HM_PG_ChildOverlap = 20;
HM_PG_ChildOffset = 10;
HM_PG_ChildPerCentOver = null;
HM_PG_TopSecondsVisible = .5;

HM_PG_StatusDisplayBuild =0;
HM_PG_StatusDisplayLink = 1;
HM_PG_UponDisplay = null;
HM_PG_UponHide = null;

Notice that:

  1. Four parameters from Version 3 (menuVersion, isFrames, navFrLoc and mainFrName) are no longer used in Version 4. These four were true "global" parameters, and should only be applied site-wide. They have been moved to the new site-wide in-script Global Parameters, which we will be discussing in a future installment.

  2. The parameter names have the HM_ prefix, to avoid conflict with other scripts. They also have an additional prefix (PG_) to easily identify them as page-specific. Finally, the descriptive part of their name is, in many cases, more descriptive than before, for easy purpose identification. For example, the confusing overCol has been changed to HM_PG_BGColorOver.

  3. Six new parameters are introduced. These are HM_PG_ImageHorizSpace, HM_PG_ImageVertSpace, HM_PG_StatusDisplayBuild, HM_PG_StatusDisplayLink, HM_PG_UponDisplay and HM_PG_UponHide.

The Page-Specific Parameters can be included in any page that uses HM, before the external HM script is loaded.


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Created: Nov 22, 2000
Revised: Nov 22, 2000

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