Re: Question about html span tag used with innerHTML tag. - Web Development Discussion Boards

Oleg_S27-Feb-03 10:57

27-Feb-03 10:57

I have no experience with HTML, but I have a task that requires to start an application from an HTML page. I have tried to use MC FrontPage to create a hyperlink liked to my application, but Explorer opens a dialog " Download or open .....". How can I avoid this dialog? Or if anyone knows better way to do it? Thank you Confused | :confused:

Re: Run application from HTML

Jason Henderson27-Feb-03 11:16

Jason Henderson

27-Feb-03 11:16

Maybe make the application a COM app so you could create it as an object in HTML?

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Re: Run application from HTML

Paul Watson28-Feb-03 2:18

Paul Watson

28-Feb-03 2:18

Short answer is you can't, not your way.

What you would have to do is write an ActiveX control that gets downloaded to the client and then that runs an EXE. But the client has to allow calls out of the sandbox so to speak because naturally normally allowing an ActiveX to run executables could be rather dangerous (e.g. format c: /q)

Best to get the user to run the app themselves.

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Re: Run application from HTML

Philip Patrick28-Feb-03 21:03

Philip Patrick

28-Feb-03 21:03

It depends how you view the HTML file. If you are browsing to it (e.g. in Internet/intranet) then you can't.
If the file is stored on your computer and you just double click on it (e.g. local), then this piece of code will work fine:

<script>
function runProgram(){
	var oShell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
	oShell.Run("notepad.exe");
	oShell = null;
}
</script>

<input type=button value="Click me" onclick="javascript:runProgram()">

Philip Patrick
Web-site: www.stpworks.com
"Two beer or not two beer?" Shakesbeer

Highlighting Current Page Text on Nav Bar

Chris J. LaQuerre26-Feb-03 16:31

Chris J. LaQuerre

26-Feb-03 16:31

What is the best way to automatically highlight (make bold) the current page that a user is on. I have a navigation bar that goes down the left side of the screen with links. If the user is on page three, I would like the page to look like the following:

Link One
Link Two
Link Three
Link Four

I would like to do this using ASP Code but have been unable to find any scripts that meet my needs.

Chris LaQuerre
Internet Technologies Consultant

Re: Highlighting Current Page Text on Nav Bar

Jonavis28-Feb-03 9:36

Jonavis

28-Feb-03 9:36

Hi Chris..

basically what you need to do is send a value that informs the seccion you are in and create a validation in the following pages that recieves this value. I made an example using the same page as the reciving target. Im sending the variable "seccion" that contains the values 1 through 4. The page verifies if the value recived is the same as itself, and preforms to things afterward: either converts the word into a link or i simply keeps in bold.

Here's the code...
<code>

<li><% if request.QueryString("seccion") <> "1" then %><a href="<%= request.ServerVariables("URL") %>?seccion=1" target=_self><%end if%>Link One<% if request.QueryString("seccion") <> "1" then %></a><%end if%></li>
<li><% if request.QueryString("seccion") <> "2" then %><a href="<%= request.ServerVariables("URL") %>?seccion=2" target=_self><%end if%>
Link Two
<% if request.QueryString("seccion") <> "2" then %></a><%end if%></li>
<li><% if request.QueryString("seccion") <> "3" then %><a href="<%= request.ServerVariables("URL") %>?seccion=3" target=_self><%end if%>
Link Three
<% if request.QueryString("seccion") <> "3" then %></a><%end if%></li>
<li><% if request.QueryString("seccion") <> "4" then %><a href="<%= request.ServerVariables("URL") %>?seccion=4" target=_self><%end if%>
Link Four
<% if request.QueryString("seccion") <> "4" then %></a><%end if%></li>
</code>

Hope it works..
luck,
Jon

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Question about html span tag used with innerHTML tag.

George226-Feb-03 15:41

George2

26-Feb-03 15:41

Hi, everyone!

Here are some codes discussing html span tag used
with innerHTML tag. Who can show me the function
of the piece of codes here?

Codes:
--------
<img id='obj1' style='cursor:hand' src='1.gif'>
<img id='obj1' style='cursor:hand' src='11.gif'>
<a class = item href = "test1.jsp"> abc </a>

<img id='obj2' style='cursor:hand' src='2.gif'>
<img id='obj2' style='cursor:hand' src='22.gif'>
<a class = item href = "test2.jsp"> cba </a>

--------

In some other places,

Codes
--------
span2.innerHTML='<div align=left>Uploading...</div> '
--------

Who can explain the meaning and function of the two pieces
of codes here? (I think it is used to insert html scripts between
 and , but I am not sure.)

Thanks in advance,
George

Re: Question about html span tag used with innerHTML tag.

Philip Patrick27-Feb-03 22:15

Philip Patrick

27-Feb-03 22:15

Well, right, innerHTML used to insert any text (HTML formatted as well) between starting and ending tags. So for example you have:

<span id="span1"></span>

and somewhere in the script you write:

span1.innerHTML = "<font color='red'>Hello World!</font>";

, the result will be:

<span id="span1"><font color="red">Hello World!</font></span>

Philip Patrick
Web-site: www.stpworks.com
"Two beer or not two beer?" Shakesbeer

Re: Question about html span tag used with innerHTML tag.

George228-Feb-03 13:45

George2

28-Feb-03 13:45

Thanks, Philip buddie!

George

images not visible in IE browser

lnong26-Feb-03 12:57

lnong

26-Feb-03 12:57

On my page, I have several HREF links to jpg files. However, when I click on them, only some get loaded. Others don't appear (although there's a small empty picture frame at the top left corner of the page). I notice that all the jpgs that do load are small in size (50 Kb - 100 kb). The rest are rather big files (500 - 900 kb).

How can I get the browser to display these larger image files?

A related problem is that, instead of displaying these images on the browswer when clicked, how can I force a file download dialog box so that the user can immediately download the jpg file? (Right now, clicking the image link will just display the pic on the screen (for small pics only).

Re: images not visible in IE browser

DFU₂₃26-Feb-03 15:42

DFU₂₃

26-Feb-03 15:42

If you have ASP at your disposal you can force a file download with a small amount of server-side code:

Code Snippets:
http://www.codeproject.com/script/comments/forums.asp?msg=424837&forumid=1640#xx424837xx[^]

I actually asked the same question a few days back and answered it myself Poke tongue | ;-P

As to why some images would display and others won't ... that's a new one to me. Per chance, could you share a link to this page?

Wally Atkins
Newport News, VA, USA

Re: images not visible in IE browser

lnong27-Feb-03 7:57

lnong

27-Feb-03 7:57

I really cant give out the site (and you probably cant access it anyway) because it part of my company's intranet. All I have on the page are some logo pictures. When the use clicks on a logo, I want a file download or "save as" dialog box to pop up and prompt the user to save it. I dont want the browser to display the image file (jpg).

However, my browser doesnt even display these images if the file is too big. I dont know to fix that. Is there a configuration file that I need to set in IIS?

Question about html span tag used with img tag.

George226-Feb-03 2:46

George2

26-Feb-03 2:46

Hi, everyone!

Here are some codes discussing html span tag used
with img tag. Who can show me the function of the span
tag here?

Codes:
--------
<img id='obj1' style='cursor:hand' src='1.gif'>
<img id='obj1' style='cursor:hand' src='11.gif'>
<a class = item href = "test1.jsp"> abc </a>

<img id='obj2' style='cursor:hand' src='2.gif'>
<img id='obj2' style='cursor:hand' src='22.gif'>
<a class = item href = "test2.jsp"> cba </a>

--------

Thanks in advance,
George

Re: Question about html span tag used with img tag.

Philip Patrick28-Feb-03 21:06

Philip Patrick

28-Feb-03 21:06

It has no meaning in the code as it is here. But I guess there is a script which will alter the contents of those spans later Smile | :)

Philip Patrick
Web-site: www.stpworks.com
"Two beer or not two beer?" Shakesbeer

Re: Question about html span tag used with img tag.

George21-Mar-03 15:46

George2

1-Mar-03 15:46

Thanks, Philip buddie!

George

Question about span tag in html.

George226-Feb-03 2:03

George2

26-Feb-03 2:03

Hi, everyone!

I want to know the usage and function of span tag in html.
I have searched a lot of material but failed.

Who can give me an explanation? Better give me an example.

Thanks in advance,
George

Re: Question about span tag in html.

DFU₂₃26-Feb-03 8:42

DFU₂₃

26-Feb-03 8:42

George2 wrote:
Who can give me an explanation?

From the W3C on HTML Structure:
The DIV and SPAN elements, in conjunction with the id and class attributes, offer a generic mechanism for adding structure to documents. These elements define content to be inline (SPAN) or block-level (DIV) but impose no other presentational idioms on the content.The DIV and SPAN elements, in conjunction with the id and class attributes, offer a generic mechanism for adding structure to documents. These elements define content to be inline (SPAN) or block-level (DIV) but impose no other presentational idioms on the content.

http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/global.html#h-7.5.4[^]

For an example, I use SPAN's in my MineSweeper[^] game.

Wally Atkins
Newport News, VA, USA

Re: Question about span tag in html.

George226-Feb-03 15:40

George2

26-Feb-03 15:40

Thanks, Wally buddie!

George

Include files

-- NA --26-Feb-03 1:00

-- NA --

26-Feb-03 1:00

Hi there - I have this problem: including files. I have index.html and need to include the file header.html, and am trying to use

<br />
<!--#include virtual="header.html"--><br />

but this for some reason doesn't work. MSDN also says this should work, but I haven't been able to get it to work. I've also tried using the tags EMBED, LINK, etc, but nothing wants to work

Help would be appreciated
Paul Wink | ;)

The following statement about your geekness is true. The previous statement about your geekness is not true. - Douglas Hofstader

Sonork ID: 100.33943

modified 18-Jul-18 11:59am.

Re: Include files

-- NA --26-Feb-03 1:06

-- NA --

26-Feb-03 1:06

Okay sorry guys, my problem seems to have been fixed by renaming the file to *.asp

Cheers

Paul Blush | :O

The following statement about your geekness is true. The previous statement about your geekness is not true. - Douglas Hofstader

Sonork ID: 100.33943

modified 18-Jul-18 11:59am.

Re: Include files

eggie56-Mar-03 18:53

eggie5

6-Mar-03 18:53

you have to give it a .asp or .shtml extension.

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Re: Include files

eggie56-Mar-03 18:54

eggie5

6-Mar-03 18:54

(secreatly I already know that you figured it out yourself, but I just wanted to sound smart...)

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frames and buttons

Jh325-Feb-03 21:08

Jh3

25-Feb-03 21:08

Hi
how do you update a frameset when a button has been clicked in another frame?

thanks

Re: frames and buttons

DFU₂₃26-Feb-03 9:06

DFU₂₃

26-Feb-03 9:06

You can reference a frameset with JavaScript:

For example:
top.FrameSetName

Here is a reference[^] to a similar question.

Wally Atkins
Newport News, VA, USA

Session Management

mafia14425-Feb-03 17:50

mafia144

25-Feb-03 17:50

Hi!

I have a Web service runing in IIS (developed using the VS.net wizard)

Now C# clients use the web service. How Can I mentain session information. The EnableSession Tag works when the web service is invoked through IE but fails when called from a C# client. May be its because IE uses the HTTP POST and GET methods (and hence session is mentained) and the C# client uses SOAP.

Can anyone help me?

Thanks!

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