Frame Target Not Working in Visio Viewer

[Winslow Leach]

Hello. I am experiencing a problem using the frame target feature. In a
nutshell, I have an html doc that contains 2 frames, side-by-side. I have the
drawing (using Visio Viewer) in the left frame and a detail window on the
right. In Visio, I set up the hyperlink to target the "detail" frame but,
when it's clicked, it loads in the left (drawing) frame instead. Adding a
BASE TARGET to the left frame document doesn't help either. Other links on
the same page will target the detail frame, but the Visio Viewer links just
load at the top level.

It's driving me crazy! Maybe this is an issue with Viewer? How does one
successfully target a hyperlink to load into a different frame?

Thanks for any insights.

 

[Ianb]

Might be abit late for you now but for future reference, I believe you can
get around this issue by using Javascript in a *bucket* page that the
hyperlink is directed to, to redirect to the page/ frame that you want.
Hyperlinks from Visio viewer have a few *features* that need to be worked
around

 

[Winslow Leach]

Thanks for the help. I'm not quite sure I understand what you mean. Are you
saying that I should use a JS function that captures the incoming info from
the URL to feed the frame that it SHOULD be going into originally? Then have
the page reload the visio viewer frame?

I thought about this but it would REALLY make for a crappy interface for the
user. Ideally I want them to be able to be able to navigate a flow in the
viewer, click on an item which pulls detail info on that item into a separate
frame. The tool is SUPPOSED to work this way out-of-the-box but, obviously,
it doesn't. If I have to reload the visio viewer it will not only slow down
the user experience considerably but also lose any zoom or navigation they've
done within the flow window.

Is there a way around this that I'm missing? Thanks again for any help!

Ed

 

[Ianb]

Hi Ed

Thanks for the help. I'm not quite sure I understand what you mean. Are you
saying that I should use a JS function that captures the incoming info from
the URL to feed the frame that it SHOULD be going into originally? Then have
the page reload the visio viewer frame?

Yes that is one option

I thought about this but it would REALLY make for a crappy interface for the
user. Ideally I want them to be able to be able to navigate a flow in the
viewer, click on an item which pulls detail info on that item into a separate
frame. The tool is SUPPOSED to work this way out-of-the-box but, obviously,
it doesn't. If I have to reload the visio viewer it will not only slow down
the user experience considerably but also lose any zoom or navigation they've
done within the flow window.

That is correct

Is there a way around this that I'm missing? Thanks again for any help!

Ed

I am using visio viewer with 3 frames, a banner a left frame beintg TOC and
the visio frame. Fortunately I do not need to change the other frames from
the visio frame (as you do). I have had another issue that has forced me to
put an intermediary page between the shape links and the destination page
(which has been a source of endless frustration but does not affect the user
experience) see

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...f61e&mid=fbc7ebae-f152-4e72-aa95-d5871242f61e.

Unfortunately Visio viewer is still abit rough around the edges. but it does
have an API maybe that will give you another way forward

All the best