[Dynapi-Widgetdev] Re: Dynapi-Widgetdev digest, Vol 1 #22 - 3 msgs

[Cheston U. <Che...@rl...>]

In reply to using IFRAMEs within a skinable window:

     I thank you for the link to the demo.  This is something I had considered attempting with an IFRAME allready.  My dilema is that I don't know if it is possible to resize the IFRAME dynamically.  The problem I have been facing is that the scrollbars are essential.  They MUST be visible at ALL times, because I plan to use the IFRAME as a Browser window.  The basic premice is that the User can browse other sites on the internet, while still having the main Menu and features of my website available.  The menu and things will be stashed off the side of the screen, with a slide-in menu.  The problem with most Slide-ins is that once you leave the site, the menu goes away.  The main goal is to make the most screen space possible devoted to the browseable IFRAME on my homepage, but 
when a user wants to open the menu, the IFRAME contracts (dynamicly) and gives some of it's screen space to the expanded Menu.  This will give the Users the ability to browse the internet at their leisure, but they won't have to leave our Homepage to do it.

If you don't understand what I'm talking about, you can see the DynAPI-1 version of this concept here:
     http://www.fvsd.ab.ca/rainbow/
This version is primitive, requires extensive scripting I bodged together from many sources, closing and opening of browser windows (The school division says this isn't acceptable), and is slow to load and work with (on our school's P-133's, 16 MB RAM, w/ v4.0 browsers).  I want to speed this up.

My goal is to get something similar to Desktop.COM's webtop browser.  Get an account with them and see for yourself @ www.desktop.com
I was facinated with their scripted recreation of Internet Explorer, but I can't figure out how they did it.  I want to accomplish nearly the same thing that they have.

So far, for the new Version, I have upgraded to a Java Applet for the drop-down menu, which can be moved and hidden/shown with a DynLayer.  It's much quicker to load and easier to update. If anyone has any Ideas or suggestions, feel free to let me know. I'd love to hear them all 8-)

You can contact me at:
Che...@rl...

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 - Cheston U.
     (Rainbow Lake School Webmaster
       http://www.fvsd.ab.ca/rainbow)

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