Active X – Mouse Events

Structured Graphics Control  Included in Internet Explorer v5.0  Add to page with the OBJECT tag  Accessible via scripting  Primarily for visual presentation not for displaying data or content

Netscape  Does not work in Netscape  You get a JavaScript error and a blank page  Yet another reason to avoid Netscape

Mouse Events  Structured Graphics control can process the DHTML mouse events

Mouse Events -2  ONMOUSEUP  ONMOUSEDOWN  ONMOUSEMOVE  ONMOUSEOVER  ONMOUSEOUT  ONCLICK  ONDBLCLICK

Example  bounce2.html (Fig 30.6 pg 1021) bounce2.html (Fig 30.6 pg 1021)

Points to Ponder  You must set Structured Graphics Control to capture mouse events –Inside OBJECT tag –

External Files  Use set of method call in separate source file and invoke by calling ball.SourceURL = “newoval.txt”;

Example Script  newoval.txtnewoval.txt

Scaling Example  Scaling Example Scaling Example

Further Exploration  efault.htm

Questions (True or False) 1. Active X works in Netscape. 2. You must explicitly enable mouse events in Active X for them to work. 3. All Active X code must be located inside the page. 4. Structured Graphics Control is primarily for displaying data and tables. 5. Names in the may be user defined and in any order.