apPopupGen Index - 1. Generic Settings

purpose:

On this tab (number 1) you can set some of the basic settings of the menu you would to generate.

options:

Menu Dimensions

Each menu (and for that matter: each Java applet) has a predefined width and height. This can be expressed in actual pixels (most common) or a percentage of the width or height of the webpage displayed.
Check the "Use percentage" option to use percentages instead of pixels.

Tip: you can mix the use of pixels and percentages, for example if you wish to have a full width menu, but the menu should not be higher than 20 pixels: width=100% height="20"

ButtonType

You can select the type of button here. These only reflect the buttons instantly visable on a webpage, so menuitems are not affected by this !
6 types are currently supported by apPopupMenu:

Value
Type
0
no buttons
1
flat buttons with mouseover effect
2
flat button without mouseover effect
3
fat buttons with mouseover effect
4
fat buttons without mouseover effect
5
flat buttons with fat mouseover effect

Menu Orientation

A menu is either horizontal (as seen in regular Windows menus - where menus reside next to each other) or vertical (where the menu buttons reside underneath eachother).

For example horizontal:

MENU 1
MENU 2

and vertical:

MENU 1
MENU 2

Text Alignment

This reflect the alignment of text within the menu button. This does not reflect alignment of menu-items.
Available alignments are: left, center and right.

Menu Arrows

Menu buttons can have arrows besides the button-text to indicate a menu below this particular button.
This can arrow-feature can be activated by checking the "Show Arrows" option.
Note that an arrow can be either 3D or Solid.

Sound

The apPopupMenu supports sound for both clicking the button and when moving over a button (called "Mouseover").
Here you can select the files to be used for this purpose. You can use the "Browse" button to navigate to the sound file.
Don't forget to check the "Sound enabled".

Warning:
If you would like to use the preview feature of apPopupGen then keep in mind that the applet resides in the application directory of apPopGen. This means that the sound file should not include the absolute path, instead copy the sound file to the application directory so the applet knows where to find it.
Not only sound files but also images are affected by this !