I'll play around with this. In the meantime, Whip! fills our needs very
nicely...
John
"Ben Cochran" wrote in message
news:257089E8516FF2F836D02C701F577F40@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Creating the second html page is not necessary. After AEV is installed you
> can point IE directly at the dwf file. You may want to try something like:
>
>
>
> object classid="clsid:A662DA7E-CCB7-4743-B71A-D817F6D575DF" id="AdView"
> width="450" height="300">
>
> param name="Src" value="dwf/myFile.dwf">
>
> /object>
>
>
>
> a href= dwf/myFile.dwf target=_blank>Open myFile.dwf In a New Window /a>
>
>
>
> NOTE: I left off the opening '<' off so the news reader will not parse the
> html.
>
>
>
> Or if you need the file to be in an html page you could create a single
> dynamic page that takes the dwf file as a parameter. Then you will only
need
> to create one page that opens the correct dwf file.
>
>
>
> Hopefully one of these suggestions will help 🙂
>
>
>
> "John Schmidt" wrote in message
> news:1A5047766C8B212AA2DB5A019F693ED5@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > Well, this is just a whole lot of extra work creating both the thumbnail
> > pages and the extra html pages with large images when Whip! gave us this
> > functionality seamlessly. I thought newer products were supposed to make
> > things easier, not a bunch more work...
> >
> > John
> >
> > "Ben Cochran" wrote in message
> > news:8D2774C2D0D2C0E47EBAA4078173244A@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > I would like to suggest a solution using AEV. Why not make a link for
> each
> > > thumbnail that navigates a page with a larger version of the dwf?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "John Schmidt" wrote in message
> > > news:5039AE9CD81873ED239AB399262BB5CA@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > > Could I add a few things as wishes to be incorporated into upcoming
> AEV
> > > > updates, or ask for suggestions for alternatives?
> > > >
> > > > The first thing we NEED is the "Full View" option such as the Whip!
> > > viewers
> > > > had. We need this because we have thumbnail pages of hundreds of
> > details,
> > > > each thumbnail 240x240 pixels. When a user wants to examine a
detail,
> he
> > > > simply right-clicks for Full View. Trying to inspect files in a
> 240x240
> > > > window is impossible!! For this reason alone, we are limited to
using
> > the
> > > > Whip! viewer - there is no alternative.
> > > >
> > > > Assuming you could incorporate the above, give us the ability to
have
> > the
> > > > menu turned off in embedded dwf files by default. There's nothing
> worse
> > > than
> > > > a page full of embedded dwf files, each with their own menu.
> > > >
> > > > Lastly, please fix the printing problem when using an intranet,
(won't
> > > > print). As several others here have pointed out, there is a problem
> > > printing
> > > > over an intranet when using AEV in IE, but not when using the
> Internet.
> > > Many
> > > > users in this newsgroup have mentioned this problem, we're using a
> > > standard
> > > > Windows 2000 network.
> > > >
> > > > I'm located right up the road in Novato from Autodesk HQ, if anyone
> > > involved
> > > > would like to come by and see the printing problem demonstrated.
> > > >
> > > > John
> > > >
> > > > "Subu Gupta" wrote in message
> > > > news:8706F2007DF390571EAA95F6E2C14D49@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > > > We just release AEV 3.1.0.92 which is basically a service pack
> > release.
> > > It
> > > > > contains fixes for some Windows 98 problems reported by customers.
> > > > >
> > > > > The next major release of AEV is currently slated in early-mid
fall.
> > > > >
> > > > > "ctallman" wrote in message
> > > > > news:f16a58a.-1@WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > > > > Do we have a time line on the next release or update to AEV. Is
it
> > > going
> > > > > to have move Visual Basic API's built in? Can we get a date on the
> > > > release?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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