HTML panel content

technopak

Hi everyone,

I've been trying to import a HTML page into a panel on my Administrator perspective.

Even though I import the various files including a background image, and they are present subsequently in the Aware IM sub-directories, the background doesn't display. It does display correctly when I open the HTML page in a browser, but not in my Aware application.

Any suggestions why not ?

Thanks in advance,

Peter

aware_support

This feature does not support sub-directories - you need to put all images and other resources into one directory. (the HTML page should refer to the images accordingly - without a sub-directory)

technopak

Thanks support,

My files are all in the same directory, not sub-directories.

Earlier, I meant that my files are imported into Aware and are in the Aware sub-directories - or that's what a search reveals 🙂

Peter

aware_support

This should work. You are doing something wrong, but I can't tell you what. Check out sample applications where this feature is used extensively and then compare to what you are doing.

Or maybe it's a browser caching problem and you just need to refresh the browser.

technopak

I've browsed the various sample applications, and I'm unable to find any instances where an image is used as the background to a HTML page.

Does Aware support background images ?

In an attempt to create HTML panel content, here's what I've done -

Create a basic HTML page in Dreamweaver.
Place my image files in the same directory as the HTML page.
Set the page background to an image file from the directory
Insert a table into the HTML page
Insert a button image from the directory into the table, centered on the page
Add a hyperlink to the button image (linking to an Aware process)
Save and open the HTML page in a browser - and it displays correctly 🙂
Open the configuration tool in Aware
Click the import button in the Main content panel of my Administrator perspective, and browse to the directory containing all the files. Click Save.
Save the updated configuration.

Result - my application opens with my link image in the middle of the main area, but no background image displays, just a white background is shown.

Perhaps I'm doing something wrong, but I don't know what.

Further comment much appreciated !

pbrad

If you export the imported html again, are all of the graphics in the export folder? I suspect that the import function may not be pulling in the background image that the html file references and so if you manually dump that image into the relevant AwareIM folder the problem may be resolved.

Pete

tford

If Pete's suggestion happens not to solve this, you might want to use DISPLAY URL in a process as described at:

technopak

Thanks Pete and Tom for the input.

I did what Pete suggested and the HTML page exports correctly to a new folder on my desktop and displays correctly with the background image in place.

Following Tom's advice, I must admit that I didn't understand how to use the technique referred to at

tford

Based on this, I could probably have placed Tom's DISPLAY URL action in a process and used the Command option to fire the process, filling my content area with beautiful HTML. But I haven't tested this ......

Yes, that is correct Peter.

technopak

Once again, kudos and respect to Tom, Pete and others who help enormously with the learning curve that Aware presents us all with.

Many thanks !

Peter