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Subject:Re: RoboHelp HTML Edition question From:"Eric J. Ray" <ejray -at- RAYCOMM -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 2 Aug 1999 10:26:06 -0600
Andrew Rollinson wrote:
> I just created a file (test.htm) using the following HTML (hand-coded):
>
> <!-- TEST.HTM -->
> <HTML>
> <BODY>
> <TABLE WIDTH="100%" BACKGROUND="BACKGROUND.GIF">
<snip>
> In my installation of IE5 and Netscape 4.6, the table displays with the
> specified background image file.
>
> Make sure BACKGROUND.GIF (or .jpg, if you so choose) is in the same folder
> as the test.htm file, or that you specify its subfolder, for example
> "images/background.gif."
Depending on what you're trying to accomplish with this, be sure
to view your results in a variety of browsers. IE tiles the full
images through the table, while Navigator tiles the image on a
cell-by-cell basis. Depending on the image, this could be odd.
(Plug: Mastering HTML 4, Ray and Ray, Second edition, p211 and 212
for screenshots and sample code, if you're interested.)
