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Yzywyz -> DRW in shared borders? (2/14/2003 16:31:40)

Can the DRW be used within shared borders?

Even though the main pages are .asp, the shared borders are stored in .htm files, and I cannot get DRW to display within shared borders.

Any way to get FP 2K or XP to recognize shared border files that are renamed to .asp?

I want to use DRW within a right shared border -- only the DRW and a formatted header will be in the border.

Is this feasible, or should I look for a different approach?



bobby -> RE: DRW in shared borders? (2/14/2003 18:44:49)

I don' t know if it works in a shared border...

It depends on whether or not the FP-shared borders are processed by the server before or after the DRW components...

Have you thought about using SSI (includes) instead of the shared borders?

It' s the same idea, different way to impliment it... but once you get used to using includes you' ll never go back [:D]



Yzywyz -> RE: DRW in shared borders? (2/15/2003 12:48:21)

I like includes, and have used them previously, but if I understand correctly, wouldn' t I need to convert the page (except for the header and footer) into a table to get the layout?

If basically the whole page is in a table, wouldn' t that mean a browser would load the whole thing before displaying any of it?

I generally have reasonable pages, as far as load time goes, but I' d like the customers to see something as the pages load.

Maybe I am missing something?



smcfarland -> RE: DRW in shared borders? (2/15/2003 17:42:04)

I have tried this several different ways... and in the past, I have been able to use SSI for an .asp page containing the DRW in the shared borders in order to have it work, but the end result had to be an asp page.

Otherwise, if I did the DRW in an open asp page vs. opening a file in the _borders file it worked.

Sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn' t. [8D] sorry.



Yzywyz -> RE: DRW in shared borders? (3/4/2003 12:00:20)

smcfarland -- I' m grateful -- It has taken me a while to figure out how I can incorporate your suggestions.

Bobby -- the shared borders definitely do not work with DRW in them, even if they' re displaying on .asp pages. Includes are the way I have to go with this.

Now I guess I' m going to need to take a lot of time and get my pages reformatted without the left and right shared borders...

Not fun but it will be worth it, I think.

Thank you both for your help.

For what it' s worth, I' m using floating tables for the layout so that I do not have to turn the whole page into a table.



Yzywyz -> RE: DRW in shared borders? (3/5/2003 12:59:49)

Couldn' t get DRW to work in includes either.

My EUREKA moment came after using the Spooky Diet to reduce the code bloat -- suddenly the include files worked!

I have never been this happy about any gadget, tool, or method.

The macro did not work for me, though -- no worry, I don' t mind putting in the time manually hacking it if it means it will work properly!

BTW, if the macro freezes up FP, using CTRL+BREAK interrupts the macro and frees the system without having to lose work.



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