Re: [cobalt-developers] adding a menu in Sausalito

[Michael Stauber <devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Gavin,

> Has anyone had much luck in adding a new root menu to the Sausalito
> architecture, I've tried following the example in the dev guide but no
> luck

The DevGuide is essentially a piece of junk. :o(

Lets see what I can do for you.

Here is a sample menu that works fine on the Qube3, but NOT on the RaQ550:

----------------- /usr/sausalito/ui/menu/solarspeed/avsuite/ -----------------

<item

    id="avsuiteMenu"
    label="AV-Suite"
    description="AV-Suite: Protects all incomming and outgoing emails against 
common computer virii."
    url="/solarspeed/avsuite/avsplash.html">

        <parent id="base_administration" order="100"/>

</item>

----------------- /usr/sausalito/ui/menu/solarspeed/avsuite/ -----------------

That's a top level service, so it'll show up on the left side in 
"Administration" below "Usage Information" and "Active Monitor".

Actually I got a screenshot of it:

http://www.solarspeed.net/images/av_settings.gif

Although the above menu works just fine on the Qube3, it doesn't on the 
RaQ550. It simply refuses to show up.

So there I use the following approach:

----------------- /usr/sausalito/ui/menu/solarspeed/avsuite/ -----------------
<item
    id="avsuiteMenu"
    label="AV-Suite"
    description="AV-Suite: Protects all emails traffic going through your 
server appliance against common computer virii."
    requiresChildren="1"
    url="/solarspeed/avsuite/avsplash.html"
>
    <parent id="base_sysmanage" order="100">
        <access require="serverConfig"/>
    </parent>
</item>
----------------- /usr/sausalito/ui/menu/solarspeed/avsuite/ -----------------

The tag "parent id" is kinda important here. Apparently the Qube and the 
RaQ550 have kinda different parent ids for the default stuff.

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With best regards,

Michael Stauber
mstauber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Unix/Linux Support Engineer