GEWB,.
Thanks. A bit of elaboration:
I make extensive use of popups to display screen shots in a
separate window so the user can browse help and go from topic to
topic without necessarily navigating in the parent application at
the same time. I also make the guide available in our DocWeb
library as a standalone guide, so the user can read it with the
parent application closed.
Sometimes the popup window contains a fair amount of text in
a subtopic that the user may need to read only once and never
summon again. He or she has the option of ignoring that popup link
on returning to the topic. It's the same principle as a Glossary
definition. The link is there, but once you read it, why bother if
you can remember it from last time?
I haven't used dropdowns much, but as I recall they appear in
the topic pane and push text down until they are dismissed. Useful,
yes, but they wouldn't accomplish my purpose for popups.
I looked through ehlpdhtm.js, which primarily serves IE. It
figures out the autosize dimensions on the fly, and performs the
dhtml effect on text, such as flying in and out, but
Firefox/Mozilla/NS don't use dhtml effects.
I can't find a place in ehlpdhtm.js where (if it's in this
file) the default popup window is sized (it's about 300 px wide by
150 px high).
BSSCDHTM.JS doesn't appear in WebHelp output. Much of it is
similar to the other js file. I have no idea how it's used. The RH
help topic on output files mentions ehlpdhtm.js, but there is no
reference to bsscdhtm.js.
Is it possible that ehlp... replaced bssc.. and bssc... never
was removed from the RH code? Or is bssc... perhaps used in
generating html help?
If it's in some dll file, I can't fiddle with it, unless you
can tell me how to edit and save a dll file without destroying its
dll file type. DHTMLFX.DLL has a lot of code that looks similar to
the two .js files, but I can't find the default size. That's why I
thought perhaps the non-ie browsers have a built-in default when
the html code doesn't specify a custom size.
I'm content with the workaround, using custom sizes for all
popup windows, unless a real developer (of which I am not one) can
help figure this out.
Thanks again.
Harvey