"CJM" <cjmwork@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hmmmm... I was going to go off on one here... But instead, I'll give
> you some background and an opportunity to solve the problem...
>
> First of all, I can also recite you a dozen 'frames are bad' articles.
> And essentially I agree too.
>
> However, I am actually re-vamping an existing app hence the frames. At
> a point in the not too distant future, I shall probably be moving to
> an IFrame-based solution - a little better but not ideal.
>
> However, my hands are tied on this issue: my system will provide a
> header and menu system, but non-technical users will create Docs of
> various types (doc, xls, vsd) which maybe left in their original
> format or may be converted to web pages (via ms office) or PDFs. Given
> this requirement, what would you suggest? SHort of writing a very
> complex & customised CMS, I am bound by these limitations.
>
> My solution is to show these documents in what ever format they are
> given, in a frame (currently a frame, soon an iframe) with an option
> to break out into a new window.
>
> Do you have a better solution?
>
> Note: Given the constraints I have specified, this is the solution the
> NG came up with when I asked 6 months ago.
>
> Cheers
>
> "EightNineThree" <eightninethree@REMOVEeightninethree.com> wrote in[/color]
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> > "CJM" <cjmwork@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:c2d5ce61.0306270351.9b1fcdd@posting.google.co m...[color=darkred]
> > > I am building several (common) db-driven intranet sites (so I cant
> > > post URL), using a 3-frame layout;[/color]
> >
> > stop with the frames and start over
> >
http://www.theoryxdesign.com/articles/article.php?id=2[/color]
> Hmmmm... I was going to go off on one here... But instead, I'll give
> you some background and an opportunity to solve the problem...
>
> First of all, I can also recite you a dozen 'frames are bad' articles.
> And essentially I agree too.
>
> However, I am actually re-vamping an existing app hence the frames. At
> a point in the not too distant future, I shall probably be moving to
> an IFrame-based solution - a little better but not ideal.
>
> However, my hands are tied on this issue: my system will provide a
> header and menu system, but non-technical users will create Docs of
> various types (doc, xls, vsd) which maybe left in their original
> format or may be converted to web pages (via ms office) or PDFs. Given
> this requirement, what would you suggest? SHort of writing a very
> complex & customised CMS, I am bound by these limitations.
>
> My solution is to show these documents in what ever format they are
> given, in a frame (currently a frame, soon an iframe) with an option
> to break out into a new window.
>
> Do you have a better solution?
>
> Note: Given the constraints I have specified, this is the solution the
> NG came up with when I asked 6 months ago.
>
> Cheers[/color]
Everyone has an excuse about why their situation is so unique that they have
to go against the advice they're given.
No matter what excuse you come up with, I'll point out a major enterprise
that has the same issue to deal with yet does not resort to frames.
--
Karl Core
Charles Sweeney says my sig is fine as it is.
