Setting the 'Menu Data' tab options

The purpose of this dialog box tab is to guide the user when setting the options regarding the data used to create the tree menu:

To set the dialog box options, follow the next steps:

1. In the Connection drop-down menu select the database connection defined for your site; if you don't have a connection yet, you can use the Define... button and create one now;

2. In the Table drop-down menu select the database table that stores the tree menu entries;

3. In the Primary key drop-down menu specify the primary key column for the current table.
   Note: The content of this drop-down menu is refreshed each time the user changes the table used to create the dynamic menu. By default, the first element is selected. The same thing happens for the rest of the drop-down menus in the interface, except for the URL type. An extra option is added to the Target drop-down menu though: None.

4. In the Parent ID drop-down menu select the table field that stores the menu hierarchy, meaning the field that points out to the parent menu-entry for each table record;

5. In the Menu entry name drop-down menu select the table field that stores the menu entry names which will be displayed in the menu;

6. In the URL type drop-down menu select one of the two available options: Built with URL parameter or Retrieved from database; depending on your choice, the next two fields of the interface will present differences:
   
   
    

7. In your configuration, if the URL type is:
   ·  Retrieved from database, then in the URL drop-down menu select the table field that stores the corresponding URL for each tree menu entry;
   ·  Built with URL parameter, then type in the URL text box the URL to which the selected menu entry will point, followed by "?url_parameter=". You can use the Browse... button to choose the file that contains the URL;

8. In your configuration, if the URL type is:
   ·  Retrieved from database, then in the Target drop-down menu select the table field that contains the target type corresponding to the URL for the respective menu entry, or select None;
   ·  Built with URL parameter, then in the URL parameter value drop-down menu select the table field that stores the value that will be passed in the URL;

9. In your configuration, if the URL type is Built with URL parameter, there is one more field for you to complete: in the Target drop-down menu select one of the four options available (_blank, _parent, _self, _top), or type the name of a frame that you had previously created;

10. The three buttons in the top right corner of the interface offer you the next functionalities:
    · click OK when you are done configuring the command;
    · click Cancel to exit without the new settings to be applied;
    · the Help button takes you to this help page that you are currently reading.
    These buttons appear on both interfaces of this MX Tree Menu Command, so their role will not be explained again in the next step;

11. Click on the 'Advanced' tab to continue with configuring the command.