Hi Pat, that email from Jennifer? Sorry deleted in hurry was a malware! Kind regards, Jill http://www.kingston-bagpuize.com - an online history of Kingston Bagpuize & area. -----Original Message----- From: freepages-help-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:freepages-help-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Charles Dobie Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 11:51 PM To: FREEPAGES-HELP@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] An Alternative to Pop-up Windows At 03:54 AM 1/22/2011, Jill Muir 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. --snip-- Barry, I'm confused by all of this. I tested the pop-up windows on my navy website with the version you give in your test file and the load time on your test file takes a lot longer (instantaneous vs two or three seconds). What is the advantage of your alternative to a pop-up window? Thanks, Charles Dobie ------------------------------- 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