hover button effects won't display on internet explorer

[Rene Requenez]

I recently published two different websites on two
different servers. Both websites made use of the Hover
Button feature found in FrontPage XP. Both sites work
normally on any computer, but I just finished doing a
clean install of Windows XP and my IE6 Browser will not
display hover buttons. I have downloaded and installed
all the latest service packs and still can't get the
feature to work. Can anyone tell me if there is a
setting within IE6 that I may have overlooked or that may
have become corrupted? Thank you for your help.

Sincerely,
Rene Requenez

 

[Craig Schiller]

Hover buttons rely on the Java Virtual Machine which is no longer
supplied by Microsoft due to its having lost a lawsuit brought by Sun,
so you and many of your viewers will not see hover buttons at all.
Common wisdom these days is to use rollover buttons via DHTML.

HTH.
Craig

 

[Tom Pepper Willett]

Hover buttons require Java Virtual Machine which can be
downloaded from http://java.sun.com
However, most people have quit using Hover Buttons
because windows XP / IE6 do not come with JVM installed.
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Tom Pepper Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
http://www.microsoft.com/office/frontpage/prodinfo/default.mspx
To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
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| I recently published two different websites on two
| different servers. Both websites made use of the Hover
| Button feature found in FrontPage XP. Both sites work
| normally on any computer, but I just finished doing a
| clean install of Windows XP and my IE6 Browser will not
| display hover buttons. I have downloaded and installed
| all the latest service packs and still can't get the
| feature to work. Can anyone tell me if there is a
| setting within IE6 that I may have overlooked or that may
| have become corrupted? Thank you for your help.
|
| Sincerely,
| Rene Requenez

 

[Rene Requenez]

Common wisdom these days is to use rollover buttons via
DHTML.

Thank you so much for answering my question. Although
another helpful posting suggests I can go to
http://java.sun.com to downlod the Virtual Java Machine,
can you please teach me how to make a rollover via DHTML
using FrontPage XP?

Thanks,
Ren

 

[Craig Schiller]

Rene -

The other posting is correct, you can download the Java program from
Sun. But unless all of the visitors to your site, do the same, they
won't see the hover buttons.

Here is how you'd proceed with DHTML rollovers buttons in FP 2002...

First, make two graphic buttons of exactly the same size, one for the
normal state and one for the rollover state. Import them into your web.

Place the normal button on the page where you want it, then left-click
on it to highlight it.

Go to Format/DHTML Effects.

Select On: Mouseover
Apply: Swap Pictures

Then select Choose Picture and point it toward the graphic you've
designed for the rollover state.

That'll do it.

HTH,
Craig

 

[Lee Stafford]

I am using FrontPage 2003 and in the code where the button
is created, it says that it is javascript, not java.
Everything works fine, it creates the images and then
saves them to some "imaginary" directory on my computer.
Then it will not publish when I publish the page.

So, even if the code is written in javascript, it still
needs the JVM to process?

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

No you don't need the JAVA engine for JavaScript buttons

FP does not save to an "imaginary" location
Sound like you are using Interactive Buttons
When you apply Interactive Buttons in a FP site and save the page the Save Embedded Files dialog gives you an option to change the
save folder location and file name

If you want to know where they are saved select the button, then switch to Code view and look at the file name/location



| I am using FrontPage 2003 and in the code where the button
| is created, it says that it is javascript, not java.
| Everything works fine, it creates the images and then
| saves them to some "imaginary" directory on my computer.
| Then it will not publish when I publish the page.
|
| So, even if the code is written in javascript, it still
| needs the JVM to process?
|
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Hover buttons require Java Virtual Machine which can be
| >downloaded from http://java.sun.com
| >However, most people have quit using Hover Buttons
| >because windows XP / IE6 do not come with JVM installed.
| >--
| >-----
| >Tom Pepper Willett
| >Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
| >
| http://www.microsoft.com/office/frontpage/prodinfo/default.
| mspx
| >To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
| > http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
| >----
| >| >| I recently published two different websites on two
| >| different servers. Both websites made use of the Hover
| >| Button feature found in FrontPage XP. Both sites work
| >| normally on any computer, but I just finished doing a
| >| clean install of Windows XP and my IE6 Browser will not
| >| display hover buttons. I have downloaded and installed
| >| all the latest service packs and still can't get the
| >| feature to work. Can anyone tell me if there is a
| >| setting within IE6 that I may have overlooked or that
| may
| >| have become corrupted? Thank you for your help.
| >|
| >| Sincerely,
| >| Rene Requenez
| >
| >
| >.
| >