[TYPO3-english] HMENU as if on other page

[Rudy Gnodde (WIND Internet)]

Hello everyone,

We are building a website which has a lot pages on multiple levels. On 
the site there are 3 HMENU's. The main menu shows the first level, a sub 
menu shows the next 2 levels and a rootline menu. The main menu always 
has one active item and the submenu differs depending on where you are 
in the site.

So far so good. We now want a link added to every submenu to a single 
page (which is located below the first main menu item). This isn't a 
problem. However when you click on this link the menu's should not 
change. So if you click the link while you're in the second main menu 
item the second main menu item should still be active, the submenu for 
the second main menu item should still be shown and the rootline should 
still go to the page you were on.

I could do this with mount points, but that would mean adding mount 
points to each main menu item and then you'd still have a problem if you 
came from a deeper level.

So how I'm hoping to do this is to add a parameter to the link so the 
uid of the page you came from is known. What I need to know is if there 
is any way to make an HMENU think you're on a certain page through 
TypoScript. "special = directory" isn't an option because of the 
multiple levels of the submenu and the rootline.

Thanks in advance.

Rudy