Jim's DHTML Menu 5.7 and I'm a newbie

**captapollo** · 11-11-2004, 05:48 PM

Script: http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamici...menu/index.htm

Hi all;

As I said above, I am a newbie and just looking around for stuff for my website. I tried the menu and I get an error message on the <body onload="init()"> line when I preview in Frontpage 2002. It says Error: Object Expected. I believe I have everything in the right folders and I edited the browser.js file. Below is the whole page. Thank you in advance for your help.

John.

<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns

="urn:schemas-microsoft-com

ffice

ffice" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">

<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="includes/browser.js">

/***********************************************
* Jim's DHTML Menu v5.7- © Jim Salyer (jsalyer@REMOVETHISmchsi.com)
* Visit Dynamic Drive: http://www.dynamicdrive.com for script and instructions
* This notice must stay intact for use
***********************************************/

</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/config.js"></script>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<title>The Schaaf Family Web Site</title>
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0">
<meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document">
<link rel="File-List" href="index_files/filelist.xml">



<meta name="Microsoft Theme" content="arcs 111">
<meta name="Microsoft Border" content="t, default">

</head>

<body onload="init()">

<p align="center">
<img SRC="images/schaaf_family_website001002.jpg" ALT ALIGN="TOP" BORDER="0" VSPACE="0" HSPACE="0" width="224" height="306"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t136"
coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="136" adj="10800" path="m@7,l@8,m@5,21600l@6,21600e">
<v:formulas>
<v:f eqn="sum #0 0 10800"/>
<v:f eqn="prod #0 2 1"/>
<v:f eqn="sum 21600 0 @1"/>
<v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @2"/>
<v:f eqn="sum 21600 0 @3"/>
<v:f eqn="if @0 @3 0"/>
<v:f eqn="if @0 21600 @1"/>
<v:f eqn="if @0 0 @2"/>
<v:f eqn="if @0 @4 21600"/>
<v:f eqn="mid @5 @6"/>
<v:f eqn="mid @8 @5"/>
<v:f eqn="mid @7 @8"/>
<v:f eqn="mid @6 @7"/>
<v:f eqn="sum @6 0 @5"/>
</v:formulas>
<v

ath textpathok="t" o:connecttype="custom" o:connectlocs="@9,0;@10,10800;@11,21600;@12,10800"
o:connectangles="270,180,90,0"/>
<v:textpath on="t" fitshape="t"/>
<v:handles>
<v:h position="#0,bottomRight" xrange="6629,14971"/>
</v:handles>
<o:lock v:ext="edit" text="t" shapetype="t"/>
</v:shapetype><v:shape id="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t136" style='width:208.5pt;
height:161.25pt' fillcolor="#9400ed" strokecolor="#eaeaea" strokeweight="1pt">
<v:fill color2="blue" angle="-90" colors="0 #a603ab;13763f #0819fb;22938f #1a8d48;34079f yellow;47841f #ee3f17;57672f #e81766;1 #a603ab"
method="none" type="gradient"/>
<v:shadow on="t" type="perspective" color="silver" opacity="52429f" origin="-.5,.5"
matrix=",46340f,,.5,,-4768371582e-16"/>
<v:textpath style='font-family:"Arial Black";font-size:16pt;v-text-align:left;
v-text-kern:t' trim="t" fitpath="t" string="Greetings from John, Teresa, Johnny, and Christopher"/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=353 height=220
src="index_files/image001.gif"
alt="Greetings from John, Teresa, Johnny, and Christopher"
v:shapes="_x0000_s1027"><![endif]></p>

<p align="center">
 </p>

<p align="center">
 </p>

<p align="center">
 </p>

<p align="center">
<a href="images/02%20Love%20Gun.mp3">Play MP3</a></p>

</body></html>

**cr3ative** · 11-11-2004, 06:30 PM

You could try changing this:

<script type="text/javascript" src="/config.js"></script>

To this:

<script type="text/javascript" src="config.js"></script>

Otherwise, which line is it expecting an object upon, and have you tried opening it in Internet Explorer?

Kind Regards,
cr3ative

**ausant** · 11-11-2004, 07:03 PM

normally i put a script that i can't get to work in notepad or what ever you use to make sites.. and edit it myself, try and figure it out, you can't hurt the script(it will ALLWAYS BE ON DD) Thats how i learn't heaps off css and script lang.

**captapollo** · 11-11-2004, 07:38 PM

Thanks for the reply ausant.

I get a page error when I open the page in I.E.

I removed the / that you suggested, and I now get an error on line 4, Error: 'menus' is undefined, and the same 'menus' is undefined error on line 36.

I put the / back in and it reverts to the original error.

You asked "Otherwise, which line is it expecting an object upon", the error referred to line 36, the <body... line, is that what you meen?

Thanks again.

John

**cr3ative** · 11-11-2004, 07:40 PM

Ah, if menus is undefined, your scripts aren't being accessed.

Make sure the paths to your scripts are AOK and try again. They all have to be in the same folder.

Its more likely than not a path error.

cr3ative

**captapollo** · 11-12-2004, 12:22 PM

Hi Cr3ative, sorry I didn't realize the first reply was from you. Some how I thought they were both from ausant. Anyway, thanks to both of you for your replies.

In your first reply, you suggested I remove the / from before config in src="/config.js"></script>. When I do that, that is when the menus undefined error appears. Otherwise, all I get is the Error: Object Expected on the <body onload="init()"> line 36. That is what is happening.

Thanks again.

John.

**cr3ative** · 11-12-2004, 03:10 PM

Strange. Upload it and send us a link.

cr3ative

**captapollo** · 11-12-2004, 05:23 PM

Great! Here it is: www.jwschaaf.com

Let me know what you think.

John.

**captapollo** · 11-14-2004, 12:51 PM

When I put the code for the script into the html of my page I copied it. The trouble is, I copied it from the instructions page that comes with the zip file. It apparently put in bad characters that were not displaying in html view.

I did some experimenting and I had the example files working in a temporary folder and everything was identical, but mine would not work. I then replaced the code in my web page with code copied from the supplied example html files viewed with notepad, and the menu started working.

Live and learn. I am now modifying the menus and they are working fine. As I said, I am a newbie to this.

Thanks again for your help folks.

John.