[Mylnda]

Hi there! Newbie here, learning this coding stuff as I go. I'm seeking your brilliance here... please provide any ideas in super simple, easy to understand, step-by-step wording so that I can understand ;-)

Does anyone have any ideas on how to alter the code below to have the iframe popover appear once per browser session, and with a drop-in effect? I had to use an iframe popover because I've got some flash objects on my page, and the I cannot get the regular popover to appear in front/above the flash.

OK - I found the following iframe dhtml popover here: http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamic...dhtmlwindow.htm.


I've put this in the header:

<script>

//DHTML Window script- Copyright Dynamic Drive (http://www.dynamicdrive.com)
//For full source code, documentation, and terms of usage,
//Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamic...dhtmlwindow.htm

var dragapproved=false
var minrestore=0
var initialwidth,initialheight
var ie5=document.all&&document.getElementById
var ns6=document.getElementById&&!document.all

function iecompattest(){
return (!window.opera && document.compatMode && document.compatMode!="BackCompat")? document.documentElement : document.body
}

function drag_drop(e){
if (ie5&&dragapproved&&event.button==1){
document.getElementById("dwindow").style.left=temp x+event.clientX-offsetx+"px"
document.getElementById("dwindow").style.top=tempy +event.clientY-offsety+"px"
}
else if (ns6&&dragapproved){
document.getElementById("dwindow").style.left=temp x+e.clientX-offsetx+"px"
document.getElementById("dwindow").style.top=tempy +e.clientY-offsety+"px"
}
}

function initializedrag(e){
offsetx=ie5? event.clientX : e.clientX
offsety=ie5? event.clientY : e.clientY
document.getElementById("dwindowcontent").style.di splay="none" //extra
tempx=parseInt(document.getElementById("dwindow"). style.left)
tempy=parseInt(document.getElementById("dwindow"). style.top)

dragapproved=true
document.getElementById("dwindow").onmousemove=dra g_drop
}

function loadwindow(url,width,height){
if (!ie5&&!ns6)
window.open(url,"","width=width,height=height,scro llbars=0")
else{
document.getElementById("dwindow").style.display=' '
document.getElementById("dwindow").style.width=ini tialwidth=width+"px"
document.getElementById("dwindow").style.height=in itialheight=height+"px"
document.getElementById("dwindow").style.left="30p x"
document.getElementById("dwindow").style.top=ns6? window.pageYOffset*1+30+"px" : iecompattest().scrollTop*1+30+"px"
document.getElementById("cframe").src=url
}
}

function maximize(){
if (minrestore==0){
minrestore=1 //maximize window
document.getElementById("maxname").setAttribute("s rc","restore.gif")
document.getElementById("dwindow").style.width=ns6 ? window.innerWidth-20+"px" : iecompattest().clientWidth+"px"
document.getElementById("dwindow").style.height=ns 6? window.innerHeight-20+"px" : iecompattest().clientHeight+"px"
}
else{
minrestore=0 //restore window
document.getElementById("maxname").setAttribute("s rc","max.gif")
document.getElementById("dwindow").style.width=ini tialwidth
document.getElementById("dwindow").style.height=in itialheight
}
document.getElementById("dwindow").style.left=ns6? window.pageXOffset+"px" : iecompattest().scrollLeft+"px"
document.getElementById("dwindow").style.top=ns6? window.pageYOffset+"px" : iecompattest().scrollTop+"px"
}

function closeit(){
document.getElementById("dwindow").style.display=" none"
}

function stopdrag(){
dragapproved=false;
document.getElementById("dwindow").onmousemove=nul l;
document.getElementById("dwindowcontent").style.di splay="" //extra
}

</script>


And I've put this in a code box (in the body - 'to front'):

<div id="dwindow" style="position:absolute;background-color:#EBEBEB;cursor:hand;left:0px;top:0px;display :none" onMousedown="initializedrag(event)" onMouseup="stopdrag()" onSelectStart="return false">
<div align="right" style="background-color:navy"><img src="http://www.richlife.ca/image/close.gif" onClick="closeit()"></div>
<div id="dwindowcontent" style="height:100%">
<iframe id="cframe" src="" width=100% height=100%></iframe>
</div>
</div>

<script>
//Use below code to load DHTML Window as page loads
if (ns6) window.onload=new Function('loadwindow("http://www.richlife.ca/indexinstructions.html",458,508)')
else
loadwindow("http://www.richlife.ca/indexinstructions.html",458,508)
</script>



The above works great, except I'm wondering if there's a way to enable the popover to appear once per browser session, and with the drop-in effect in this example: http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamic...7/dropinbox.htm Any ideas on how I might go about incorporating these two features into the above script?

Also, is there a way to get rid of the beveled look around the iframe in the iframe popover above? It would be nice if there were no visual boarder/bevel around the iframe. ;-)

One last question... is there a way to add a minimize feature (http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex11/abox2.htm) to the iframe popover script above?

~ Mylnda ('melinda')

PS - if there is no way to get the iframe popover to drop-in only once per browser session, do you know if there is a trick to getting the iframeless drop-in popover to appear on top of any flash objects on the page?

(whew... quite a few questions from a newbie, huh?!)