dynapi-help — List relating to using the DynAPI, bug reports, and suggestions

Re: [Dynapi-Help] DynAPI seems don't work with Netscape 4.73

[Richard :o <ma...@ri...>]

hi,
I just tested the latest snapshot of dynapi.zip, and it's fine on NS 4.08,
apart from a few minor bugs I'll post later.
Richard :o)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Henrik Sozzi" <he...@ti...>
To: "Dynapi-Help" <dyn...@li...>
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 7:46 PM
Subject: [Dynapi-Help] DynAPI seems don't work with Netscape 4.73


> I'm sure that's something I've done in a wrong way, but the examples
> included in the last package (dynapi.zip) don't want to work correctly
with
> netscape 4.73. The error it throws is a missing ";" . I'll copy the debug
> informations:
>
> JavaScript Error:
> file:///C|/Inetpub/wwwroot/riva1920/js/dynapi.js, line 1:
>
> missing ; before statement.
>
> 1.2"
>
src="'+path+pckg+'/'+groupname+'/'+realsrc+'"><\/script>');}}onload=DynAPI.l
>
oadHandler;onunload=DynAPI.unloadHandler;onresize=DynAPI.resizeHandler;DynAP
>
I.document=false;DynAPI.addPackage('dynapi');DynAPI.addLibrary('dynapi.api',
> ["dynlayer.js","browse
> ..................................................................^
>
> JavaScript Error:
> file:/C|/Inetpub/wwwroot/riva1920/examples/dynapi.api.mouseevents.htm,
> line 12:
>
> DynAPI is not defined.
>
>
> I want to use that magnificent project in my portal, but netscape
> compatibility is necessary!
> Can anyone help me?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Henrik Sozzi.
>
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Re: [Dynapi-Help] snapshots

[Richard :o <ma...@ri...>]

hi,
http://dynapi.sourceforge.net/snapshot/dynapi.zip
Yes CVS is active again.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geoffrey Makstutis" <gm...@51...>
To: "Dynapi" <dyn...@li...>
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 7:34 PM
Subject: [Dynapi-Help] snapshots


> Can someone tell me the URL for the daily snapshots? Also, is the CVS
> repository on Sourceforge active again?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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Re: [Dynapi-Help] Scrollbar (or skinsslider)

[Doug M. <do...@cr...>]

Doh. figured it out..=20
You know, I think I have WAY too many versions of the api on my box..

Doug Melvin
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Doug Melvin=20
  To: dynapi-help=20
  Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 6:51 PM
  Subject: [Dynapi-Help] Scrollbar (or skinsslider)


  um, I don't want to sound like an idiot (too late, I know)
  but, how do I actually USE the scroll bars? The examples I have found
  show how to create and position the scrollabars, but not how to tie =
them to a layer..
  help?

  Doug Melvin

Re: [Dynapi-Help] DynAPI Guru Question

[Max C. <ma...@bi...>]

Hi Jason,

If it helps, I purchased a book 'Pure JavaScript' published by SAMSISBN
0-672-31547-5

This is not a how to code book, but an excellent refernece book with plenty
of examples.

regards Max
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Willer" <Jas...@tr...>
To: <dyn...@li...>
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 6:20 AM
Subject: [Dynapi-Help] DynAPI Guru Question


> Howdy Folks,
>
> I'm dreading posting this to the list, but I can't stand it any longer.
So please, any responses should be directed to my email and not the list.
By doing so, you don't clutter the list with responses to my borderline
DynAPI question.
>
> I've been lurking Dan's original Forum (now defunct) and this list for
about 4 months now and am amazed at the expertise you guys/gals show with
DHTML and DynAPI.  My question is how did you learn all of this stuff and
how can I do so also?  I'm what I consider a book programmer with no
practical experience.  But, as you well know, reading a book doesn't mean
you're a programmer!  I can read O'Reilly's JavaScript book and Dan's
tutorial all day long and run through the examples, but that doesn't do
"jack" for me in becoming a *real* programmer.  As a matter of fact, I have
so many books, my entire department thinks I'm the Technical Library.  Yet,
I can still only right "toddler" code.
>
> I want to be able to do the practical things you guys do with the DynAPI,
but don't know how to get there.  I would ultimately love to be able to
write a MenuList widget for DynAPI 2, but don't have a clue where to start.
Please...could anyone give me some direction...oh great Guru's?
>
> Humbly
> Hopeless (Jason W.)
>
> P.S. I have a version of Dan's v1 MenuList running on a website, but
that's only because you guys did all of the work!  I can read part of the
code and then I get stuck at certain points.  Thus the need for this post.
> _______________________________________________
> Dynapi-Help mailing list
> Dyn...@li...
> http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/dynapi-help
>

[Dynapi-Help] Scrollbar (or skinsslider)

[Doug M. <do...@cr...>]

um, I don't want to sound like an idiot (too late, I know)
but, how do I actually USE the scroll bars? The examples I have found
show how to create and position the scrollabars, but not how to tie them =
to a layer..
help?

Doug Melvin

Re: [Dynapi-Help] Scroll2 and List

[Doug M. <do...@cr...>]

just a thought.. but in my db based applications,
I don't reload the page even once..
I use dynamic html to hold the data,
then, when I need to update the data, I load an asp (yes, I use asp..)
in a hidden frame which generates some javascript
which sets the values in the layers in the main document..
...

Doug Melvin
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nuno Ferreira" <nun...@wi...>
To: <dyn...@li...>
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 3:45 PM
Subject: RE: [Dynapi-Help] Scroll2 and List


> Exactly my thoughts!
> "Dynamic DHTML" would be a very good name for it! :))))
> 
> Actually I'm working on the same field, just using a different
> method. PHP not ColdFusion.
> 
> But the real strenght of Dynamic DHTML :) is in personalization,
> and minimizing the typical number of reloads necessary on a database
> driven page.
> 
> 
> best,
> 
> NunoF
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RE: [Dynapi-Help] NS and Scrollbars

[Matthew S. <PK...@Tu...>]

Oh man that is SO not an option that thing is so incompatible with the Macs.
Damn this is really a problem... I have 3/4 of my stuff hanging off the page
with no way to get to it.

M.

-----Original Message-----
From: dyn...@li...
[mailto:dyn...@li...]On Behalf Of Doug Melvin
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 5:56 PM
To: dyn...@li...
Subject: Re: [Dynapi-Help] NS and Scrollbars

Yes indeed.
Use the Scroll widget.
There is no other solution that I am aware of.
:-)
Doug Melvin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthew Shirey" <PK...@tu...>
To: "Dynapi-Help" <dyn...@li...>
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 2:22 PM
Subject: [Dynapi-Help] NS and Scrollbars


> Hey all,
>
> Having a bit of a problem with Netscape.  I have a long list of inline
> layers that I have created.  I position these layer with some of them
being
> off of the visible area of the browser.  Problem is, NS is not putting any
> scrollbars up.  Any ideas?
>
> M.
>
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Re: [Dynapi-Help] NS and Scrollbars

[Doug M. <do...@cr...>]

Yes indeed.
Use the Scroll widget.
There is no other solution that I am aware of.
:-)
Doug Melvin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthew Shirey" <PK...@tu...>
To: "Dynapi-Help" <dyn...@li...>
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 2:22 PM
Subject: [Dynapi-Help] NS and Scrollbars


> Hey all,
>
> Having a bit of a problem with Netscape.  I have a long list of inline
> layers that I have created.  I position these layer with some of them
being
> off of the visible area of the browser.  Problem is, NS is not putting any
> scrollbars up.  Any ideas?
>
> M.
>
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Re: [Dynapi-Help] DynAPI Guru Question

[Doug M. <do...@cr...>]

A couple of good references:
msdn.microsoft.com/scripting  :  gives a pretty good list of functions and
methods as well as tutorials
http://tech.irt.org/articles/script.htm : show sample code for just about
anything you can think of.
Cheers,
Doug melvin
---
Technical Director
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Systems Solutions: Design, Development, Implementation and Support
Creative-Workshop.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Steinman" <dy...@fu...>
To: <dyn...@li...>
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 7:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Dynapi-Help] DynAPI Guru Question


> Yeah books will only take you so far.  I'm almost the opposite (when it
comes to JavaScript), I've never read a JavaScript book before, and got into
it entirely by practical learning.  I started off the way most of us did
with Image rollovers and working up from there, along with a few tutorials
(anyone remember the JavaScript Tip of the Day site?). It took me a while
before I could write stuff entirely on my own without looking at examples.
I started DHTML stuff back when Netscape 4 was still in beta, and at that
time there were only a select few tutorials with limited DHTML stuff on them
so I started writing my own (even though I was entirely unqualified to do
so).
>
> That was the point where I started to really learn how to do the more
complex stuff with JavaScript.  I tried doing stuff that was definately
beyond my current abilities, and kept at it until I figured out how to do
it.
>
> So in order to become a vastly better coder I'd say you have to be able to
set goals for yourself that are significantly above your level of knowledge
and not give up until you accomplish it.  You gotta be able to solve a
problem from start to finish.
>
> Dan
>
> On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 11:20:48AM -0800, Jason Willer wrote:
> > Howdy Folks,
> >
> > I'm dreading posting this to the list, but I can't stand it any longer.
So please, any responses should be directed to my email and not the list.
By doing so, you don't clutter the list with responses to my borderline
DynAPI question.
> >
> > I've been lurking Dan's original Forum (now defunct) and this list for
about 4 months now and am amazed at the expertise you guys/gals show with
DHTML and DynAPI.  My question is how did you learn all of this stuff and
how can I do so also?  I'm what I consider a book programmer with no
practical experience.  But, as you well know, reading a book doesn't mean
you're a programmer!  I can read O'Reilly's JavaScript book and Dan's
tutorial all day long and run through the examples, but that doesn't do
"jack" for me in becoming a *real* programmer.  As a matter of fact, I have
so many books, my entire department thinks I'm the Technical Library.  Yet,
I can still only right "toddler" code.
> >
> > I want to be able to do the practical things you guys do with the
DynAPI, but don't know how to get there.  I would ultimately love to be able
to write a MenuList widget for DynAPI 2, but don't have a clue where to
start.  Please...could anyone give me some direction...oh great Guru's?
> >
> > Humbly
> > Hopeless (Jason W.)
> >
> > P.S. I have a version of Dan's v1 MenuList running on a website, but
that's only because you guys did all of the work!  I can read part of the
code and then I get stuck at certain points.  Thus the need for this post.
> > _______________________________________________
> > Dynapi-Help mailing list
> > Dyn...@li...
> > http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/dynapi-help
> _______________________________________________
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> Dyn...@li...
> http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/dynapi-help

RE: [Dynapi-Help] DynAPI Guru Question

[Rich G. <Ri...@CG...>]

My god, the O'Reilly book is possibly the most tedious book I ever tried to
finish. (I didn't.) Reading a book is only a fraction as good as setting a
goal for yourself and trying to attain it. Hands-on experience is key.

It takes a long time (many months) to become proficient. It's gotta sink
into your head slowly. Just stick with it, and know that it's going to be
extremely frustrating sometimes. I think a programmer's most important
personality trait is tenacity.



On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 11:20:48AM -0800, Jason Willer wrote:
> Howdy Folks,
>  
> I'm dreading posting this to the list, but I can't stand it any longer.
So please, any responses should be directed to my email and not the list.
By doing so, you don't clutter the list with responses to my borderline
DynAPI question.
>  
> I've been lurking Dan's original Forum (now defunct) and this list for
about 4 months now and am amazed at the expertise you guys/gals show with
DHTML and DynAPI.  My question is how did you learn all of this stuff and
how can I do so also?  I'm what I consider a book programmer with no
practical experience.  But, as you well know, reading a book doesn't mean
you're a programmer!  I can read O'Reilly's JavaScript book and Dan's
tutorial all day long and run through the examples, but that doesn't do
"jack" for me in becoming a *real* programmer.  As a matter of fact, I have
so many books, my entire department thinks I'm the Technical Library.  Yet,
I can still only right "toddler" code.
>  
> I want to be able to do the practical things you guys do with the DynAPI,
but don't know how to get there.  I would ultimately love to be able to
write a MenuList widget for DynAPI 2, but don't have a clue where to start.
Please...could anyone give me some direction...oh great Guru's?
>  
> Humbly
> Hopeless (Jason W.)
>  
> P.S. I have a version of Dan's v1 MenuList running on a website, but
that's only because you guys did all of the work!  I can read part of the
code and then I get stuck at certain points.  Thus the need for this post.

[Dynapi-Help] compatibility

[Rich G. <Ri...@CG...>]

Hello, I'm a newbie to the dynapi, so it's only fitting that I ask a newbie
question: Is there a dynapi II compatibility page somewhere? I notice that
the menulist examples on dynapi version 1 do seem to work on Mac IE4 and
4.5, which makes dynapi a clear winner over the popular hierMenu script. I
was wondering if it works equally well on Mac NN 4+
 
Also, is there documentation on sourceforge or elsewhere -- aside from the
tutorials?
 
Thanks much,
Rich Goldman
ri...@cg... <mailto:ri...@cg...> 

[Dynapi-Help] NS and Scrollbars

[Matthew S. <PK...@Tu...>]

Hey all,

Having a bit of a problem with Netscape.  I have a long list of inline
layers that I have created.  I position these layer with some of them being
off of the visible area of the browser.  Problem is, NS is not putting any
scrollbars up.  Any ideas?

M.

Re: [Dynapi-Help] DynAPI Guru Question

[Dan S. <dy...@fu...>]

Yeah books will only take you so far.  I'm almost the opposite (when it comes to JavaScript), I've never read a JavaScript book before, and got into it entirely by practical learning.  I started off the way most of us did with Image rollovers and working up from there, along with a few tutorials (anyone remember the JavaScript Tip of the Day site?). It took me a while before I could write stuff entirely on my own without looking at examples.  I started DHTML stuff back when Netscape 4 was still in beta, and at that time there were only a select few tutorials with limited DHTML stuff on them so I started writing my own (even though I was entirely unqualified to do so).

That was the point where I started to really learn how to do the more complex stuff with JavaScript.  I tried doing stuff that was definately beyond my current abilities, and kept at it until I figured out how to do it.

So in order to become a vastly better coder I'd say you have to be able to set goals for yourself that are significantly above your level of knowledge and not give up until you accomplish it.  You gotta be able to solve a problem from start to finish. 

Dan

On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 11:20:48AM -0800, Jason Willer wrote:
> Howdy Folks,
>  
> I'm dreading posting this to the list, but I can't stand it any longer.  So please, any responses should be directed to my email and not the list.  By doing so, you don't clutter the list with responses to my borderline DynAPI question.
>  
> I've been lurking Dan's original Forum (now defunct) and this list for about 4 months now and am amazed at the expertise you guys/gals show with DHTML and DynAPI.  My question is how did you learn all of this stuff and how can I do so also?  I'm what I consider a book programmer with no practical experience.  But, as you well know, reading a book doesn't mean you're a programmer!  I can read O'Reilly's JavaScript book and Dan's tutorial all day long and run through the examples, but that doesn't do "jack" for me in becoming a *real* programmer.  As a matter of fact, I have so many books, my entire department thinks I'm the Technical Library.  Yet, I can still only right "toddler" code.
>  
> I want to be able to do the practical things you guys do with the DynAPI, but don't know how to get there.  I would ultimately love to be able to write a MenuList widget for DynAPI 2, but don't have a clue where to start.  Please...could anyone give me some direction...oh great Guru's?
>  
> Humbly
> Hopeless (Jason W.)
>  
> P.S. I have a version of Dan's v1 MenuList running on a website, but that's only because you guys did all of the work!  I can read part of the code and then I get stuck at certain points.  Thus the need for this post.
> _______________________________________________
> Dynapi-Help mailing list
> Dyn...@li...
> http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/dynapi-help

Re: [Dynapi-Help] DynAPI seems don't work with Netscape 4.73

[Dan S. <dy...@fu...>]

Missing ; somewhere.  For the builds to work, the semicolons must be perfect.

Henrik, For a quick solution, use the /src/ directory if it's included with the CVS snapshot, otherwise download the latest CVS source code.  And we'll try and nail down the semi-colons for a stable release.

Dan

On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 07:46:53PM +0100, Henrik Sozzi wrote:
> I'm sure that's something I've done in a wrong way, but the examples
> included in the last package (dynapi.zip) don't want to work correctly with
> netscape 4.73. The error it throws is a missing ";" . I'll copy the debug
> informations:
> 
> JavaScript Error:
> file:///C|/Inetpub/wwwroot/riva1920/js/dynapi.js, line 1:
> 
> missing ; before statement.
> 
> 1.2"
> src="'+path+pckg+'/'+groupname+'/'+realsrc+'"><\/script>');}}onload=DynAPI.l
> oadHandler;onunload=DynAPI.unloadHandler;onresize=DynAPI.resizeHandler;DynAP
> I.document=false;DynAPI.addPackage('dynapi');DynAPI.addLibrary('dynapi.api',
> ["dynlayer.js","browse
> ..................................................................^
> 
> JavaScript Error:
> file:/C|/Inetpub/wwwroot/riva1920/examples/dynapi.api.mouseevents.htm,
> line 12:
> 
> DynAPI is not defined.
> 
> 
> I want to use that magnificent project in my portal, but netscape
> compatibility is necessary!
> Can anyone help me?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Henrik Sozzi.
> 
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Re: [Dynapi-Help] html links inside loadpanel documents

[Doug M. <do...@cr...>]

code to get param from URL..
.. be sure to escape() you param string if you are using any special chars
or spaces, ect.
ie:
someLayer.setHTML ( 'someWebPage.html?layer=' + escape('someLayer') ) ;
(don't need it in above example of course.. :-)   )

var mystring;
if (location.search.length > 0)  mystring = location.search.substring(1);
if(mystring.length > 0)
{
     //in the following, the 6 represents the lenght of your param name +
the '='
     //so if you param is layer (....htm?layer=) then you start counting at
6
     mystring = mystring.substring(6, mystring.length - 1);
     mystring = unescape(mystring);
}

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Pratt" <mar...@hi...>
To: <dyn...@li...>
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 6:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Dynapi-Help] html links inside loadpanel documents


> I was thinking of something along the lines of ....
>
> In original document
>
> someLayer.setHTML ( 'someWebPage.html?layer=someLayer' ) ;
>
> In "someWebPage.html"
>
> theParam = <-- code to parse out URL (can't remember what the JS code for
this is, but
> there is a function to do it ) -->
>
> document.write ( "<a href='#' onClick='" + theParam +
".setHTML(\'myNewPage.html\')'>My
> Link</a>
>
> .. if you know what I mean.
>
> Mark
>
>
> Cameron Hart wrote:
>
> > > I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for, but why not try
> > > something like ...
> > >
> > > <a href="#" onClick="whateverLayer.setHTML('page.html')">My Link</a>
> > >
> > > If you don't know what whateverLayer is in adavnce, you could use
> > > document.write to change the name of the layer.
> >
> > that works if you know what whatevenLayer is, but unfortunately I don't.
I
> > thought that the document loaded into the loadpanel would know what
> > whateverLayer is (ie the layer it got loaded into) but it doesn't seem
to.
> >
> > I'm not what you mean by using document.write to change the name of the
> > layer?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Cameron.
> >
> > >
> > > Let me know if you come across a better solution, or indeed if
> > > anyone has come across a
> > > solution to submitting a form and giving it a target inside a
loadpanel.
> > >
> > > Mark
> > >
> > > Cameron Hart wrote:
> > >
> > > > I've got a question about links inside html files loaded into a
> > > loadpanel.
> > > >
> > > > I am building a site that uses multiple loadpanels at the same time.
All
> > > > these loadpanels contain external html documents. Some of these
> > > documents
> > > > have links in them. If you click on a link in a document loaded in a
> > > > loadpanel, it loads the new page over the top of the main
> > > window, not into
> > > > the loadpanel. That's not good ;-)
> > > >
> > > > I've tried making the links javascript calls to call a setURL
> > > to load a new
> > > > document in the same loadpanel. The problem is that the
> > > document inside the
> > > > loadpanel doesn't seem to be "aware" of what loadpanel it is
> > > in. It's parent
> > > > appears to be the top level DynDocument, not the LoadPanel object.
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone have any ideas on how I can tell a document loaded into
a
> > > > loadpanel, this is your loadpanel, use setURL on this?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Cameron.
> > > >
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > Dynapi-Help mailing list
> > > > Dyn...@li...
> > > > http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/dynapi-help
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
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> > > http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/dynapi-help
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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>
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Re: [Dynapi-Help] snapshots

[Doug M. <do...@cr...>]

http://dynapi.sourceforge.net/snapshot/dynapi.zip


> Can someone tell me the URL for the daily snapshots? Also, is the CVS
> repository on Sourceforge active again?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Dynapi-Help mailing list
> Dyn...@li...
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> 

[Dynapi-Help] setZIndex

[Matthew S. <PK...@Tu...>]

Hey all,

I am writing a small widget for reordering a list objects.  I was using
drag-drop but ran into too many incompatibilities on the Mac.  Anyway, each
object has an up/down arrow on it.  When you click on the arrows the object
slides in that direction and trades places with the item that was in the
target position.  This all works great.  Didn't even take as long to write
as I thought it would.  My problem is, setZIndex() does not appear to work
at all.  I am using inline layers for the objects so I am wondering if this
is part of the problem.  I would like the focus object to stay on top.  The
whole thing really does work just fine now, but it would add that extra
touch if I could keep the focus object on top.  Has anyone else had problems
with setZIndex() and inline layers?

-- Matthew

RE: [Dynapi-Help] html links inside loadpanel documents

[Matthew S. <PK...@Tu...>]

Well... does javascript in the loaded page actually get executed?  I thought
it was just treated as HTML Text...

M.

-----Original Message-----
From: dyn...@li...
[mailto:dyn...@li...]On Behalf Of Mark Pratt
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 6:45 AM
To: dyn...@li...
Subject: Re: [Dynapi-Help] html links inside loadpanel documents

I was thinking of something along the lines of ....

In original document

someLayer.setHTML ( 'someWebPage.html?layer=someLayer' ) ;

In "someWebPage.html"

theParam = <-- code to parse out URL (can't remember what the JS code for
this is, but
there is a function to do it ) -->

document.write ( "<a href='#' onClick='" + theParam +
".setHTML(\'myNewPage.html\')'>My
Link</a>

.. if you know what I mean.

Mark


Cameron Hart wrote:

> > I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for, but why not try
> > something like ...
> >
> > <a href="#" onClick="whateverLayer.setHTML('page.html')">My Link</a>
> >
> > If you don't know what whateverLayer is in adavnce, you could use
> > document.write to change the name of the layer.
>
> that works if you know what whatevenLayer is, but unfortunately I don't. I
> thought that the document loaded into the loadpanel would know what
> whateverLayer is (ie the layer it got loaded into) but it doesn't seem to.
>
> I'm not what you mean by using document.write to change the name of the
> layer?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Cameron.
>
> >
> > Let me know if you come across a better solution, or indeed if
> > anyone has come across a
> > solution to submitting a form and giving it a target inside a loadpanel.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > Cameron Hart wrote:
> >
> > > I've got a question about links inside html files loaded into a
> > loadpanel.
> > >
> > > I am building a site that uses multiple loadpanels at the same time.
All
> > > these loadpanels contain external html documents. Some of these
> > documents
> > > have links in them. If you click on a link in a document loaded in a
> > > loadpanel, it loads the new page over the top of the main
> > window, not into
> > > the loadpanel. That's not good ;-)
> > >
> > > I've tried making the links javascript calls to call a setURL
> > to load a new
> > > document in the same loadpanel. The problem is that the
> > document inside the
> > > loadpanel doesn't seem to be "aware" of what loadpanel it is
> > in. It's parent
> > > appears to be the top level DynDocument, not the LoadPanel object.
> > >
> > > Does anyone have any ideas on how I can tell a document loaded into a
> > > loadpanel, this is your loadpanel, use setURL on this?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Cameron.
> > >
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[Dynapi-Help] DynAPI Guru Question

[Jason W. <Jas...@tr...>]

Howdy Folks,
 
I'm dreading posting this to the list, but I can't stand it any longer.  So please, any responses should be directed to my email and not the list.  By doing so, you don't clutter the list with responses to my borderline DynAPI question.
 
I've been lurking Dan's original Forum (now defunct) and this list for about 4 months now and am amazed at the expertise you guys/gals show with DHTML and DynAPI.  My question is how did you learn all of this stuff and how can I do so also?  I'm what I consider a book programmer with no practical experience.  But, as you well know, reading a book doesn't mean you're a programmer!  I can read O'Reilly's JavaScript book and Dan's tutorial all day long and run through the examples, but that doesn't do "jack" for me in becoming a *real* programmer.  As a matter of fact, I have so many books, my entire department thinks I'm the Technical Library.  Yet, I can still only right "toddler" code.
 
I want to be able to do the practical things you guys do with the DynAPI, but don't know how to get there.  I would ultimately love to be able to write a MenuList widget for DynAPI 2, but don't have a clue where to start.  Please...could anyone give me some direction...oh great Guru's?
 
Humbly
Hopeless (Jason W.)
 
P.S. I have a version of Dan's v1 MenuList running on a website, but that's only because you guys did all of the work!  I can read part of the code and then I get stuck at certain points.  Thus the need for this post.

[Dynapi-Help] DynAPI seems don't work with Netscape 4.73

[Henrik S. <he...@ti...>]

I'm sure that's something I've done in a wrong way, but the examples
included in the last package (dynapi.zip) don't want to work correctly with
netscape 4.73. The error it throws is a missing ";" . I'll copy the debug
informations:

JavaScript Error:
file:///C|/Inetpub/wwwroot/riva1920/js/dynapi.js, line 1:

missing ; before statement.

1.2"
src="'+path+pckg+'/'+groupname+'/'+realsrc+'"><\/script>');}}onload=DynAPI.l
oadHandler;onunload=DynAPI.unloadHandler;onresize=DynAPI.resizeHandler;DynAP
I.document=false;DynAPI.addPackage('dynapi');DynAPI.addLibrary('dynapi.api',
["dynlayer.js","browse
..................................................................^

JavaScript Error:
file:/C|/Inetpub/wwwroot/riva1920/examples/dynapi.api.mouseevents.htm,
line 12:

DynAPI is not defined.


I want to use that magnificent project in my portal, but netscape
compatibility is necessary!
Can anyone help me?

Thanks in advance,
Henrik Sozzi.

[Dynapi-Help] snapshots

[Geoffrey M. <gm...@51...>]

Can someone tell me the URL for the daily snapshots? Also, is the CVS
repository on Sourceforge active again?

Thanks.

RE: [Dynapi-Help] html links inside loadpanel documents

[Cameron H. <ca...@bi...>]

> 	try
>
>    <a href=#
> onclick="LoadPanel.findLoadPanel(this).setURL('newpage.html');retu
> rn false">click
> me</a>

No cigar, Netscape is still having the same problem :-(

> 	Also - you know that in Netscape and IE links are in different
> places - different documents.

Netscape is document.links isn't it?

Netscape works properly if I construct the link this way:

<a href="javascript: objectRef.setURL('newpage.html')">link</a>

The problem is a "this" object reference in the onClick is different to a
"this" object reference in the href. The onclick reference is within the
link text in the Layer, the href reference is in the root document (the
DynDocument). I haven't worked out how to find the LoadPanel from the href
reference.

Re: [Dynapi-Help] html links inside loadpanel documents

[Mark P. <mar...@hi...>]

try returning false from your onClick

Cameron Hart wrote:

> I've found a solution that I'm kind of happy with except Netscape act's
> weird. I've added the folling code to my copy of LoadPanel:
>
> LoadPanel.findLoadPanel = function(o) {
>         if (is.ns4) {
>                 while (!o.lyrobj) o = o.__parent__;
>         }
>         else if (is.ie) {
>                 while (!o.lyrobj) o = o.parentElement;
>         }
>         return o.lyrobj;
> }
>
> Then I use the following for a link in the HTML loaded into loadpanel:
>
> <a href="javascript://"
> onclick="LoadPanel.findLoadPanel(this).setURL('newpage.html')">click me</a>
>
> This works perfectly in IE as far as I can tell. However Netscape has a
> problem. It does successfully load the url into the correct LoadPanel. On
> the down side it also opens a new window and says cannot find the server
> <rubbish>. Does anyone know what is causing this to happen? I get the
> impression that somewhere there is an object with a target or protocol
> property = javascript:// which is causing the problem?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Cameron.
>
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RE: [Dynapi-Help] html links inside loadpanel documents

[Alexey M. <ma...@ca...>]

> <a href="javascript://"
> onclick="LoadPanel.findLoadPanel(this).setURL('newpage.html')">click me</a>

	try

   <a href=# 
onclick="LoadPanel.findLoadPanel(this).setURL('newpage.html');return false">click
me</a>

	Also - you know that in Netscape and IE links are in different
places - different documents.

RE: [Dynapi-Help] html links inside loadpanel documents

[Cameron H. <ca...@bi...>]

I've found a solution that I'm kind of happy with except Netscape act's
weird. I've added the folling code to my copy of LoadPanel:

LoadPanel.findLoadPanel = function(o) {
	if (is.ns4) {
		while (!o.lyrobj) o = o.__parent__;
	}
	else if (is.ie) {
		while (!o.lyrobj) o = o.parentElement;
	}
	return o.lyrobj;
}

Then I use the following for a link in the HTML loaded into loadpanel:

<a href="javascript://"
onclick="LoadPanel.findLoadPanel(this).setURL('newpage.html')">click me</a>

This works perfectly in IE as far as I can tell. However Netscape has a
problem. It does successfully load the url into the correct LoadPanel. On
the down side it also opens a new window and says cannot find the server
<rubbish>. Does anyone know what is causing this to happen? I get the
impression that somewhere there is an object with a target or protocol
property = javascript:// which is causing the problem?

Cheers,

Cameron.