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Scrolling in HTA - 12/16/2006 8:38:38 AM

swiftoid

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Hey everyone, you guys seem to be experts on hta so I thought I would ask you.
I have an apllication which runs inside a HTA frame/program. In general I don't want scroll bars on the page so I set up the hta like so:

<HTA:APPLICATION
ID=oHTA
SYSMENU="yes"
SELECTION="no"
CONTEXTMENU="no"
SCROLL="no"
APPLICATIONNAME="Field Ministry Organizer"
SINGLEINSTANCE="yes"
WINDOWSTATE="maximize"
Navigable="yes"
ICON="fmo/fmo_images/clouds2.ico"
BORDER="dialog"
/>

However on a couple of pages a lot of data is displayed and I need to be able to scroll. Is there a way I can temporarily put on scrollbars?

I tried something like this:
<script>
oHTA.scroll="yes";
</script>

but it says that 'oHTA' cannot be found. I assume this is because the setup for the hta is on the index page. I tried placing the setup for the HTA on the page I want the scrollbars on but it had no effect. I assume this is because once the frame is set up it no longer looks for a config section.

Is there a way I can change the frame settings either in VB or JS?
Any help much appreciated.

p.s. please don't recomend using an Iframe as this does not suit my purpose.

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RE: Scrolling in HTA - 12/16/2006 9:28:44 AM

TNO

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Instead of using SCROLL=no put this in your body tags:

style="overflow:scroll" OR style="overflow:hidden"

I think its self explanatory from there, you can change these values like so: document.body.style.overflow="blah"

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RE: Scrolling in HTA - 12/16/2006 11:41:46 AM

dm_4ever

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On the same lines as TNO if you want to scroll bar to appear automatically if needed then just set the overflow setting to "auto"

<body style="overflow:auto">

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RE: Scrolling in HTA - 12/16/2006 8:58:38 PM

TNO

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You're right that
<body style="overflow:auto"> may save you typing, but depending on the layout of the page, it may not work as desired. It depends on your personal preference.

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RE: Scrolling in HTA - 12/17/2006 2:24:38 AM

swiftoid

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Thanks guys, your amazing. You just saved me hours of work reformatting my program. The suggestion work great but is there a way to stop the bottom scroll bar (horizontal) appearing when there is nowhere to scroll to? This is not essential but would be helpful. Thanks again,

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RE: Scrolling in HTA - 12/17/2006 2:41:56 AM

swiftoid

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Just discovered the solution to my own problem.
If you set it to auto as in:
overflow:auto;
it doesn't automaticly display the bottom bar. YAY, thanks for your help guys.

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