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How To Use Flash News V1.2
You have to do the following steps:

1) insert the following code inside your HTML page:
<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="150" height="220" id="SliderMenu">
<param name="movie" value="SliderMenu.swf">
<param name="menu" value="false">
<param name="quality" value="best">
<param name="scale" value="noscale">
<param name="salign" value="LT">

<embed src="SliderMenu.swf" menu="false" quality="best" scale="noscale" salign="left" width="150" height="220" wmode="window" swliveconnect="TRUE" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash">
</object>


2)Create file with data.xml extension and place it in the same folder with html that calling SliderMenu.swf file. this file will contains menu settings.   

 The following table contains the parameter list for data.xml file with description for each parameter.

Parameter Name Description Inside Default Value
<SliderMenu> </SliderMenu> The Parent root node.   --------  -----
<MenuItem> </MenuItem> Main menu node, must be inside <SliderMenu> node.  <SliderMenu>  -----
<ChildMenu> </ChildMenu> Child menu item node, and must be inside <MainMenu> node.  <MainMenu>  -----
<MenuSetting> </MenuSetting> menu settings node, must be inside <SliderMenu> node. <SliderMenu>  -----
<Item></Item> menu settings item node, must be inside <MenuSetting> node. <MenuSetting>  -----
caption the main menu and child menu item display text.
ex.
1. <MenuItem caption="Main Menu 1">
2. <ChildMenu caption="Child Menu 1">
<MainMenu>
<ChildMenu>
 -----
link the page link assigned to the child menu item. <ChildMenu>  -----
target the target for assigned page. <ChildMenu> default_target parameter
ScrollSpeed the expand speed for menus. <MenuSetting> 6
Default_Target the default target for links to be used in case no target was given. <MenuSetting> _blank
ShowSelector Indicate whether Show Selector or not, Possible values.  
1: Show Selector on mouse over.
0: Don't Show Selector on mouse over.
<MenuSetting>  
OpenOnHover Indicate whether expand menu on mouse over or not, Possible values.  
true: open on mouse over.
false: Don't open on mouse over. open on menu item clicked.
<MenuSetting> false
OpenOnHoverDelay the delay time till the menu expand on mouse over the main menu item, this will be use if and only if the OpenOnHover parameter is set to true. <MenuSetting> 500 (1/2 sec)
ChildItemBoldOnHover Indicate whether to make child item bold on mouse over or not, Possible values.  
true: Bold.
false: not bold.
<MenuSetting> false
ChildItemUnderLineOnHover Indicate whether to make child item text underlined  on mouse over or not, Possible values.  
true: Bold.
false: not bold.
<MenuSetting> false
ChildItemHeight The height of child menu item. <MenuSetting> 17
HLBorderCr The highlight border box color on mouse over the child menu item. <MenuSetting>

 

#000000
SelectedIndex the selected menu item to be open by default on menu loaded <MenuSetting> 0 (none selected)
SelectorCr on highlight selector color <MenuSetting> 0000FF  (Blue)
MenuItemBorderCr Main Menu item Border color. <MenuSetting> 000000
MenuItemFillCr The main menu item fill color. <MenuSetting> FFFFFF
MenuItemFillHLCr The main menu item fill color on mouse over. <MenuSetting> FFFFFF
MenuItemFillGradientCr The main menu item fill color for Gradient Effect (make the menu looks 3D) . <MenuSetting> MenuItemFillCr
MenuItemFillHLGradientCr The main menu item fill color for Gradient Effect on mouse over (make the menu looks 3D) . <MenuSetting> MenuItemFillHLCr
MenuItemForeCr Main Menu Item Caption Color <MenuSetting> 000000
MenuItemHLForeCr Main Menu Item Caption Color on mouse over <MenuSetting> 0000FF
MenuItemClickForeCr Main Menu Item Caption Color on click <MenuSetting> 424242
MenuItemHLBold Make Text Bold on Highlight.  Possible values.  
true: Bold.
false: not bold.
<MenuSetting> false
MenuItemHLUnderline Make Text Underline on Highlight.  Possible values.  
true: Bold.
false: not bold.
<MenuSetting> false
MenuItemFontName Main Menu Item font name <MenuSetting> Verdana
MenuItemFontStyle Main Menu Item font style <MenuSetting> Plain
MenuItemFontSize Main Menu Item font size <MenuSetting> 8
ChildMenuForeCr Child Menu Item Caption Color <MenuSetting> 000000
ChildMenuHLForeCr Child Menu Item Caption Color on mouse over <MenuSetting> FFFFFF
ChildMenuClickForeCr Child Menu Item Caption Color on click <MenuSetting> 000000
HLFillCr Child menu item fill color on mouse over. <MenuSetting> 000000
HLFillGrCr Child menu item fill color for Gradient Effect on mouse over (make the menu looks 3D) .   HLFillCr
ChildMenuFontName Child Menu Item font name <MenuSetting> Verdana
ChildMenuFontStyle Child Menu Item font style <MenuSetting> Plain
ChildMenuFontSize Child Menu Item font size <MenuSetting> 8
ChildItemIndent the Indent space for Child menu caption <MenuSetting> 13
BGCr The menu background color. <MenuSetting> FFFFFF
    <MenuSetting>  
    <MenuSetting>  
       
       


For more information please see the demos.

 
 
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