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Subject:Re: Thanks for the help re web site From:Marilynne Smith <mrsmith -at- CTS -dot- COM> Date:Sun, 17 Aug 1997 08:55:36 -0700
At 10:05 AM 8/16/97 +1000, Michael John Little wrote:
>Thanks to all those who helped me with my web site. The jaggedness in the
>text and the drop shadow was dues to streching the bit map. as Mike Huber
>and John Glenn pointed out:
>
>You are stretching the graphic. The line
>
> src="mmedia/imapr15.gif" border="0" width="491"
>
>in your HTML disagrees with the actual width (402) of the graphic.
>
>That is now fixed. What I am wondering now, is how to implement in
>Javascript is list boxes contained the names of documents or pages on my
>web site. The viewer clicks on the document in the list box, and selects
>the document, or page they want, and presses a GO button. TheJavascript
>runs and find the corresponding URL for that page, the browser then goes to
>that page. Does any one know the necessary Javascript commands, or can
>point me to a site that contains such Javascript.
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Why not use a hyperlink in HTML? I think you are looking at the most
difficult solution when you use JAVA for this.
Marilynne
<a href="file name of file you want to go to">Words for link </a>
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>Regards,
>
>Mike Little
>MIchael John Little
>Sine Timore, Per Ardua Ad Astra!
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