You; of course, are correct. And my venting is over.
: Actually, AFAIK (and I've been around here for quite
awhile) there is no
: rule OR convention in this group for the format of a
reply, and it seems
: rather silly to be having this conversation at all...
:
: --
: HTH,
: Kevin Spencer
: .Net Developer
: Microsoft MVP
: Big things are made up
: of lots of little things.
:
message
: : > Sorry, but it seems that this NG is preferential to
: > top-posting. Sorry, the attitude conveyed by your text
is
: > not constructive. If you have a valid complaint, be
: > constructive and write "This group prefers bottom
posting.
: > Please do so in the future"
: >
: > XP & 2003 do not contain MS JVM. XP SP1 (not available)
: > does install it. SP1a (currently distributed) has it
: > removed again. Windows Update does have it, but will
only
: > recommend it if it detects JVM or Sun Java already on
the
: > machine.
: >
: > Most of the worthless AOL CD's have the MS version on
them
: > if you want to install it.
: >
: > Alternative browsers will not use the MS JVM, they must
use
: > Sun
: >
: > Mike
: >
: >
: > Peter Aitken wrote:
: > : Reply at the bottom where it belongs.
: > : message : > :: Hover buttons requires Java from Sun or JVM from MS.
MS
: > :: is no longer allowed to distribute the JVM so new
: > :: machines do not have it. IE will only show an
outlined
: > :: box, other browsers (eg Mozilla) will say that a plug
in
: > :: is needed.
: > ::
: > :: For these reasons, it is recommended not to use them
: > ::
: > :: Mike
: > ::
: > ::
in
: > :: message
: > ::: Probably has been asked before, but being new I am
: > ::: trying to insert a hover button. All seems to go
well,
: > ::: except after I save my page and then go to preview,
the
: > ::: button I created, let's say a blue one, shows up as
an
: > ::: empty rectangle with a little 4 box white square in
the
: > ::: upper left corner, and nothing happens when I roll
over
: > ::: it. What am I doing wrong?
: > ::
: > :
: > : I don't think Mike's explanation is correct. I have a
2
: > : week old system with Windows XP and the hover buttons
: > : work just fine. They do not, however, show up in
: > : FrontPage preview but they do show up in IE when I
load
: > : the page locally (that is,
http://localhost/pagename.htm)
: > : . FrontPage preview is useless for other things as
well.
: > : It's much better to keep a separate browser open and
: > : pointed to your page locally. For a preview, save the
: > : page from FP, switch to the browser and refresh it.
: >
: >
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