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I thought I should share this with folks looking for a way to use a secondary
window using HTMLHelp:
I needed to use a secondary window for my HTML Help development. I needed the
secondary window because my primary window is taken up with graphics and I
needed to present supporting text that contained links without loosing the
graphic window. To create the secondary window, I combined the dropdown text
functionality RoboHTML provides with the HTML 4.0 tag <IFRAME></iframe>. Here
is the code:
The result is a link that opens an Inline Frame beneath the linking text. The
InLine frame works as a secondary window in that text in the primary window
adjusts to accomodate the IFRAME and the user can access links presented in the
IFRAME.
(Cross-posted to RoboHelp -L and Techwr -L)
Lisa Miller
Technical Writer
Lisa -dot- Miller -at- Anheuser-Busch -dot- com
