I got page not found errors for the links. On 01/22/2011 10:20 PM, Barry Carlson wrote: > I've been looking at alternatives to 'iFrame' and 'popup' windows that make > HTML calls to the server, and found that with a little adaption a pseudo > window created as a div can be used to call for a .txt file from the > server - provided the file called is on the same domain. This method is > generally acceptable for downloading text data, but with some judicious > manipulation is capable of downloading and displaying just about any sort of > file using the .txt extension. > > It works equally well in all browsers back to and including IE5.01 and makes > use of the xmlHttpRequest object to implement, using JavaScript, the > retrieving of data from the server. > > A test file containing 5 .txt links is at:- > > http://freepages.computers.rootsweb.com/~bristowe/xhr/xhr-test.htm > > W3C browsers interpretation of what is a cross-domain link is stricter than > that imposed by the MSIE browsers. This means that a link on the same > domain must be exactly that, i.e. in your same freepages community, e.g. > > freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~user and > freepages.computers.rootsweb.com/~user > > are treated as sub-domains, and W3C browsers will not allow cross access, > whereas MSIE browsers will. > > Each link has been configured on a "no-cache" principle, and each call > retrieves data from the server and not the browser cache. The downloaded > file carries its own styles along with styles to modify the pseudo window > size and colors, along with title information that is displayed in the top > of each frame. > > Finally, a version where the window frame is draggable (in all browsers back > to IE5.5) by clicking on the top bar is at:- > > http://freepages.computers.ancestry.com/~bristowe/xhr/draggable-div.html > > Tip!... Drag the frame to where you want it, and successive frames will > open in the same position. > > Barry > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEPAGES-HELP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- "A good moral character is the first essential in a man." George Washington _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._

On Sunday, January 23, 2011 5:50 PM (UTC +13) Billie Walsh wrote:- >I got page not found errors for the links. I suspect you are using a non Windows O/S browser? Barry