I'm stuck and would be really grateful if any Dreamweaver user out there can
help me. I have to create a page with lots of little "info" icons on them
which, when clicked, make a little window appear giving said info, and some
sort of device to close the window again. Sometimes words in the text in this
pop up panel (I know that's not the right name for it) has to link to a file to
download). I've tried all sorts of ways using AP Divs and show/hide etc but it
seems too hard for what it is and I'm sure there must be an easier way which I
just don't know. I'm a new user (as you might gather) and have spent HOURS on
this getting nowhere. Help...............

Use DW's OpenBrowserWindow behavior on your links to open a pop-up window of
specified size. Be aware that some browsers will suppress this.

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"JudyTeen" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> I'm stuck and would be really grateful if any Dreamweaver user out there
> can
> help me. I have to create a page with lots of little "info" icons on them
> which, when clicked, make a little window appear giving said info, and
> some
> sort of device to close the window again. Sometimes words in the text in
> this
> pop up panel (I know that's not the right name for it) has to link to a
> file to
> download). I've tried all sorts of ways using AP Divs and show/hide etc
> but it
> seems too hard for what it is and I'm sure there must be an easier way
> which I
> just don't know. I'm a new user (as you might gather) and have spent HOURS
> on
> this getting nowhere. Help...............
>

Thanks for that. I think my use of the term "pop up" has confused the issue,
because although I have tried that as an option, it isn't what the previous
designer has used. They are based in India and have been unhelpful, to say the
least. I'm having to reproduce their design which I guess is hard enough but
for a newbie like me, a proper nightmare. But thanks very much anyway.

You say your page has many little icons to click. You could indeed use
OpenBrowserWindow as Murray suggested, but it will be a lot of work, and
will spawn multiple windows if each one is not individually closed.

Alternatively you could try this:

http://boxover.swazz.org/


Or you could try my DW Extension called divaPOPgold:

http://divahtml.com/products/divaPOP...up_windows.php


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Perhaps if you post a link to your page, you'll have a better chance of
getting more specific help. What you described certainly sounds like a
pop-up window, though.

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"JudyTeen" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:g7uv8e$ivn$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Thanks for that. I think my use of the term "pop up" has confused the
> issue,
> because although I have tried that as an option, it isn't what the
> previous
> designer has used. They are based in India and have been unhelpful, to say
> the
> least. I'm having to reproduce their design which I guess is hard enough
> but
> for a newbie like me, a proper nightmare. But thanks very much anyway.
>