[Javascript] Embedding the external html into a division section

Thu Jun 3 10:32:57 CDT 2004

There are a few ways to do this

1) With hidden embedded IFRAMES. Seems you're supporting browsers that
don't support IFRAMES. If it's only netscape 4.x, you can substitute
ILAYER. It's been a while (thank god!) since I've had to support
netscape 4, but this might point you in the right direction:

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2002/02/08/iframe.html
http://developer.apple.com/internet/webcontent/iframe.html
http://www.ashleyit.com/rs/

The preferred method of doing this with modern browsers, is to use XML
(XMLHttpRequest in Mozilla, ActiveXObject in IE)

David

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Hamm [mailto:ScottHam at clientlogic.com] 
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 11:21 AM
To: [JavaScript List] (E-mail)
Subject: [Javascript] Embedding the external html into a division
section

To JavaScript gods,

	I'm working on Intranet project that deal with massive external
documents. I am currently using java based drop-down menu and iframe
(not java based iframe, but using built in <iframe> tag) to simplify the
navigation only to one html file.

	Since my Intranet workstations use various browsers in
accordance to user's preference, iframe is not cross browser supported
and doesn't really work well with flexible layout that I'm trying to
develop. The design includes intensive CSS-P coding eliminating tables,
extra tags and so on. 

	Now, what I am trying to do is to make the full use of CSS tool
overflow:auto; and am wondering if JavaScript could retrieve the content
inside <body> of selected external document and embed to a specific
<div> and write into the currently viewed index.html and refresh the
content after external document is embedded into existing index.html? Is
there such a monster out there on the 'net or is it impossible to do so?

Thanks in advance,

Scott
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