Displaying the MS Find function

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Displaying the MS Find function

How to call the MS Find function

Johnski

1:01 pm on Feb 15, 2005 (gmt 0)

Is it possible to open the MS Find funtion in IE via a button using JScript, rather than the usual method of pressing CTRL + F

jalarie

6:59 pm on Feb 15, 2005 (gmt 0)

The following works in Netscape 4.x and 7.x, and in Firefox; it does not work in Internet Explorer nor Opera, nor does anything else that I've found:

Sanenet

7:20 pm on Feb 15, 2005 (gmt 0)

The following, stolen from javascript.internet.com, puts a search box on your page (works in IE, NN, FF):

<!-- TWO STEPS TO INSTALL FIND IN PAGE:

1. Copy the coding into the HEAD of your HTML document
2. Add the last code into the BODY of your HTML document -->

<HEAD>

<!-- Begin
var NS4 = (document.layers);
var IE4 = (document.all);

var win = this;
var n = 0;

<BODY>

<p><center>
<font face="arial, helvetica" size="-2">Free JavaScripts provided<br>
by <a href="http://javascriptsource.com">The JavaScript Source</a></font>
</center><p>

Johnski

9:54 am on Feb 16, 2005 (gmt 0)

Thanks for the sarch code - Infact i'm already using this, but I need a way for the search to remain at the top of the page - i.e for the search to be in a frameset with the data in the lower frame and the search box to remain at the top. Unfortunately this script will only serach the page on which it is placed. I therefore am trying the route of either calling the MS Find function via a button (as that always remains on top of the page in view) or to put the search in a floating panel that scrolls down with the page.

Any ideas?

Many Thankks

Johnski

9:54 am on Feb 16, 2005 (gmt 0)

Thanks for the search code - Infact i'm already using this, but I need a way for the search to remain at the top of the page - i.e for the search to be in a frameset with the data in the lower frame and the search box to remain at the top. Unfortunately this script will only serach the page on which it is placed. I therefore am trying the route of either calling the MS Find function via a button (as that always remains on top of the page in view) or to put the search in a floating panel that scrolls down with the page.

Any ideas?

Many Thanks

Sanenet

1:17 pm on Feb 16, 2005 (gmt 0)

For a floating div or menu that always moves around the page, checkout the scripts at dynamicdrive.com.

It's all DHTML, but I think some of them work in O & FF.

Johnski

2:14 pm on Feb 16, 2005 (gmt 0)

Thanks again - Right..I'm now making some progress and the hover ifame works a treat - but I now somehow need to make the Find function search a specified htm page in the dircetory rather than by default the one that the script is placed on. Is this possible? Cheers

Heres the script i've used:

<form name="f1" action=""
onSubmit="if(this.t1.value!=null && this.t1.value!='')
findString(this.t1.value);return false"
>
<div align="left">
<input type="text" name=t1 value="" size=15>
<input type="submit" name=b1 value="Find">
<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
var TRange=null

function findString (str) {
if (parseInt(navigator.appVersion)<4) return;
var strFound;
if (navigator.appName=="Netscape") {

// NAVIGATOR-SPECIFIC CODE

strFound=self.find(str);
if (!strFound) {
strFound=self.find(str,0,1)
while (self.find(str,0,1)) continue
}
}
if (navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft")!=-1) {

// EXPLORER-SPECIFIC CODE

if (TRange!=null) {
TRange.collapse(false)
strFound=TRange.findText(str)
if (strFound) TRange.select()
}
if (TRange==null ¦¦ strFound==0) {
TRange=self.document.body.createTextRange()
strFound=TRange.findText(str)
if (strFound) TRange.select()
}
}
if (!strFound) alert ("Sorry, the name '"+str+"' was not found in SWBU")
}
//-->
</script>