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Question:
At some times during working a panel for internet connection appeares. I don't know what happenes?
Answer:
It works an upgrade checking. It can inform you about new version of Actual Drawing.
Question:
When I try to email an html document none of the graphics go with it.
Answer:
To create a email message from a web document
  • Open the document.
  • Type the folder name, where you export your HTML file, in the Base URL field of the Page Properties dialog box. Also don't forget to turn on the "Send pictures with messages" option in Outlook Express.
  • Click Export to HTML file from the File menu to generate HTML file for this email mesage.
  • Create new mail message in Outlook Express.
  • In Outlook Express, Set message format as Rich Text (HTML).
  • In Outlook Express, click Text from File from the Insert menu and choose the HTML file, which you have generated from Actual Drawing.
Question:
Is there a way to include ALT text tags in the HTML that the program develops?
Answer:
You can change the ALT text tag if you click Link from the Modify menu. In the Link Properties dialog box type your text in the Alternate Text box.
Question:
I am enjoying using the Animated Screen program and want to be able to have my own screensaver web-page.  I have created a homepage before, but I really need to be pointed in the right direction as to how to create a web-page to enable people to view, buy, and download the screensavers. I have read all the information about registration and will follow that up shortly.
Answer:
To put screen shots of your screen savers to your web page do the follows:
  • Run Animated Screen.
  • In Animated Screen, open your screen saver.
  • In Animated Screen, Click Copy Scene Image from the Edit menu.
  • Run Actual Drawing.
  • Create blank web page in Actual Drawing.
  • In Actual Drawing, Click Paste from the Edit menu.
  • Actual Drawing, click Export to HTML file from the File menu.
Question:
Can you save and publish to other extensions? I use a lot of shtml and would like to save to that extension and publish to that extension?
Answer:
You can save your web pages under any extensions you want. Actual Drawing doesn't check extension of the exporting file.
Question:
How do you make frames? I find now days that frames are valuable whereas before I never liked them?
Answer:
You can use the Create Frame Set command from the Tools menu. See more info in the Creating frame-based pages topic.
Question:
Can you add applets to page?
Answer:
You can use the Advanced | Java Applet command from the Insert menu.
Question:
After I eval your html drawing pgm I'll consider purchase, but your site was not clear on the 2 versions ( no mention of what the Deluxe ver gives me)?
Answer:
Actual Drawing Deluxe has extra tools to submit your Web Site to major search engines, and create frame-based pages. See more info in the Submit Web Pages to search engines and Creating frame-based pages topics.
Question:
When I export page as an HTML file, it looks as if the pictures haven't saved across - the page knows there should be a picture in the space but there is a little x in the top left corner.
Answer:
Make sure you have entered the valid path to your image. To see the image path, open your page in Internet Explorer and click right mouse button on the "little x" (anywhere inside the image place), a pop-up menu appeares. Select "Properties" from the pop-up menu. Take look at the "Address" filed it must be valid.
Question:
I have made about seven different pages for my site, but i cant get them the link together. I have had no trouble with links to outside sites, thats a cinch, but i cant just get the pages of my own site to talk to each other!
Answer:
When you create a local link (a link from one document to another on the same site), you don't need to specify the entire URL of the document you're linking to; instead, you specify a relative path from the current document or from the site's root folder.
See the Link Paths topic in the online help for more info.
Question:
I have a text box for the person to enter their email address. Is there any way of validating using your soft ware?
Answer:
You can validate a form field if you add the following java script to your web page. To add java script select Container with HTML script from the Insert menu.
<script; Language="JavaScript">
function Form_Validator(theForm)
{
for (i = 0; i < theForm.length; i++) {
     if (theForm.elements[i].name == "FORM_ELEMENT_NAME") {
        if (theForm.elements[i].value=="")
           {
           alert("Please fill in the field");
           theForm.elements[0].focus();
           return (false);
           }
        else
           return (true);
     }
}
}
</script>
Change the "FORM_ELEMENT_NAME" to actual name of e-mail address field.
Also select the form layer, click Layer's additional script from the Modify menu, and enter the following string:
onsubmit="return Form_Validator(this)"
Question:
I would like to know how to avoid having a gif file from being converted to a new image. This file is at the top of all of my pages, and when people go to different pages, this file loads every time.  I had this site running just by uploading one file called top3.gif.  Now when I want to upload all the revised pages it wants to load this "converted iimage" 9 times.
Answer:
An image is converted to another file if you have altered the original image, e.g. made it transparent, resized it, added shadow etc. To have one image on all pages just set the same file name in the File Name box, in the Conversion tab of Properties panel. After this all your pages will refer to one file.
Question:
Is it possible to make a photo gallery I mean on the page thumbnails and when you click on it the original( bigger ) picture apears.
Answer:
To cause bigger picture to appear when user clicks on thumbnail:
  • Select a thumbnail image.
  • Click Link from the Modify menu.
  • In the URL box type the # sign.
  • Click the Additional Script button and type the following script:
onClick="window.open('LARGE_IMAGE_URL',
'Large Image',
'screenX=10, screenY=10, width=490, height=470')"
  • Change the LARGE_IMAGE_URL to the URL of the bigger picture.
  • Change the width and height parameters to the real width and height of the bigger picture.
Question:
I need to print my pages for the presentation, but I can't figure out to do it using the program.
Answer:
You can export your web page, open it in Internet Explorer and choose Print from the File menu in Internet Explorer.
Another way, you choose the "Preview in Browser" command in Actual Drawing and click right mouse button on the preview dialog box, select Print from the pop-up menu.
Question:
I have tried to figure out how too have a window or part of a page that displayed another web page in it.
Answer:
To do that you can insert an HTML container with IFRAME tag like:
<iframe; src="http://www.yourpageaddress.com" frameborder=0 vspace=0 hspace=0 width=600 height=500 marginwidth=0 marginheight=0 scrolling=yes>
</iframe>
Change the SRC parameter to URL of your page.
Question:
When I type fonts everithing is ok, but when I export them to the html files I see some other signs (fonts).
Answer:
You need to change character encoding of your web page. Click Page Properties from the Modify menu and select a character set from the Char. Set list .
Question:
It seems that when the web pages are viewed in Internet explorer, they are displayed beautifully but when viewed in Netscape, the paragraphs overrun each other and the page is not displayed properly.
Answer:
The problem is the program uses layers to display the graphics but Netscape supports layers from version 4 only. You can get rid from layers if you select Don't Use Layers in the Browser Compatibilities in the Export dialog box. In this case you should use tables to align your graphics.
Question:
I would like to know if there is a way to have the pages center to the users screen?
Answer:
To have text to be centered within the browser window:
  • From the Insert menu click Table | New Table.
  • Make the table on the center using the Center command from the Format menu.
This method only works if HTML text doesn't contain layers.
To get rid of the layers, select the All Browsers, don't use layers in the Browser Compatibility box in the Export to HTML file dialog box.
Question:
I'm trying to set up a form to email me without using Outlook Express. How else can I do it?
Answer:
You have to design a script on your web server that will handle requests from your form. Usually this is a program written on PERL or C++. You can find information how to program CGI scripts at www.google.com, type search string "CGI script".
 
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