Need expert advise on applet configuration

[Greg Mello]

Hi,

I recently downloaded a very nice java applet navigation menu for a web site I am doing for a friends group. We like the look and feel of the applet so really would like to use it. the problem I am encountering is that I am having to code the actual URL params into each html page. I would much rather have an external file, like a .js file or similar, with all my link information contained in it so my menu edits would be centralized. The original files applet can be found here: NetMenu

Here is a sample of the html code:

<applet code="NetMenu.class" 
align="baseline" 
archive="NetMenu.jar" 
width="230" 
height="150">
<param name="bgColor" value="000000">
<param name="topLevelColor" value="005A94">
<param name="secondLevelColor" value="85798C">
<param name="strColor" value="FFFFFF">
<param name="strHiColor" value="F0C070">
<param name="itemHeight" value="20">
<param name="font" value="Times New Roman">
<param name="menu0" 
  value="JavaBoutique|*|Home,Applets,Resources,|u0,u1,u2">
<param name="u0" value="mainW|http://javaboutique.com/">
<param name="u1" value="mainW|http://javaboutique.com/applet_index/">
<param name="u2" value="mainW|http://javaboutique.com/resources/">
<param name="menu1" 
  value="Applet Categories|*|,Text Effects,Navigation,Audio Effects|u4,u5,u6,u7">
<param name="u4" value="mainW|http://javaboutique.com/cathome.html">
<param name="u5" value="mainW|http://javaboutique.com/text/">
<param name="u6" value="mainW|http://javaboutique.com/navigation/">
<param name="u7" value="mainW|http://javaboutique.com/audio/">
<param name="menu2" value="Java Resources|*|News,Tutorials|u8,u9">
<param name="u8" value="mainW|http://javaboutique.com/news/">
<param name="u9" value="mainW|http://javaboutique.internet.com/tutorials/">
</applet>

As you can see, params "u#" are the links I was referring to. How can I get those in a centralized file?

[Ulf Dittmer]

Welcome to JavaRanch.

This isn't a configuration problem - there's no way to get applet tag parameter into an applet via a file without altering the applet source code. But it shouldn't be more than a couple hours work or so to make that change.