In-Program Variables

Variables

The following variables can be used as input into items or as inside of items:

%PROGRAMPATH%

The path to the directory that holds the FlashMenu executable. This is will not include the name of the executable itself.

%SETTINGSDIR%

The path to the directory that holds the settings files for FlashMenu.

%DEFAULT1%

The path to the default icon for new groups.

%DEFAULT2%

The path to the default icon for new programs.

%SLASH%

The path separator slash.
Windows: \
Unix: /

%NULL%

Empty variable. Use this instead of "" when creating item types that have an empty field.

%CMD%

The input that is sent to the add item dialog.

%NEWGROUP%

The path to the new group icon.

%ADDITEM%

The path the the add item icon.

%ICON:%

The path to any of FlashMenu's default icons. When distributing custom add item types, it is recommended to use one of FlashMenu's provided icons instead of providing one.
The format is: %ICON:value%

Examples:
"%ICON:calculator%"
"%ICON:news%"

All possible values:

ID             Purpose

address ...... addresses and database information

audio ........ audio files and programs

calculator ... math related files and programs 

calendar ..... date keeping/organization

default1 ..... default group icon (use %DEFAULT1% instead)

default2 ..... default item icon (use %DEFAULT2% instead)

design ....... structure/engineering related

development .. software design/programming

document ..... word processing files (use "office" for programs)

email ........ email clients or addresses (use "messaging" if not email related)

filemanager .. file management

games ........ game files or programs

generic ...... misc. programs

graphics ..... image editing programs (use "image" for image viewing or image files)

image ........ image files or image viewing programs (use "graphics" for image editing)

internet ..... internet-related programs (use "internetlink" for web links and "webbrowser" for internet browsers)

internetlink . web page files or links to web page files

messaging .... messaging programs or links (use "email" for email)

monitor ...... system administration/task management

multimedia ... movie viewing or editing programs (use "video" for files)

news ......... news documents, programs, or links

office ....... office programs (use "document" for files)

package ...... installer or compressed file

presentation . presentation files and programs

script ....... script/terminal programs

spreadsheet .. spreadsheet files and programs

system ....... settings/configuration files and programs

terminal ..... command line shell programs

text ......... simple text files

texteditor ... simple text editors

video ........ video files (use "multimedia" for viewing or editing software)

webbrowsing .. internet browser programs (use "internetlink" for web links and "internet" for other internet programs)

%DIV%

variable divider, non-standard

%DIV1%

variable divider, non-standard