Fixing the size of the browser window [Archive]

lowmoan

March 25th, 2009, 01:11 PM

Hi,

I want my webpage, when opened, for the window/browser to fix to a certain size (1024 x 768).

How do i do this in dreamweaver? What code do i put in and where?

Here is my link

www.unitarchitects.co.uk/index_main.html

Swooter

March 25th, 2009, 01:16 PM

Only Internet Explorer 6 and lower supports this action being performed automatically...
Newer versions only allow it from a user click (link or button)
Some browsers don't support it at all.

You could also open a popup at a specified width/height, but that also can only be done from a user's click.

Oldschool javascript for inside your <head>:

<script type="text/javascript">
window.onload = function() {
window.resizeTo(1024, 768);
}
</script>

lowmoan

March 25th, 2009, 02:00 PM

great!!!!!! thank you.

Swooter

March 25th, 2009, 02:03 PM

topic closed???

lowmoan

March 26th, 2009, 01:57 PM

Well, not exactly. That code lets me specify the browser size on opening my site ( which i guess is what i asked for) but it varies from computer to computer. On my screen it looks perfect ( i am using Firefox). On my friends screen there is a small black band to the bottom. And in another it looks perfect using Windows Explorer.

So what I really need is code which recognises the window size and adjusts it for each computer. Anyone know?

Have a look at the link and see how it looks

www.unitarchitects.co.uk/index_main.html

Swooter

March 26th, 2009, 02:01 PM

Set width and height of your <object> and <embed> to 100% and use this AS2 code:

Stage.align="LT";
Stage.scaleMode="exactFit";
// Stage.scaleMode="noScale";
// Stage.scaleMode="noBorder";

lowmoan

March 27th, 2009, 05:07 AM

Swooter. This is in Flash correct?

Do i place this in a separate action layer in Flash? Should this be the first frame in the first scene?

Does it have to be repeated for each scene or will it apply to the whole movie?

Thanks!

Swooter

March 27th, 2009, 05:42 AM

Yes, it's Flash Actionscript 2, put it in _root, frame1, action layer (just once)

lowmoan

March 27th, 2009, 06:26 AM

ok. I've done that. Published it to 1024 x 768 pixels.

I have tweaked the code in Dreamweaver so there is no border.

Now that I try it the window does not snap to the size i want.

In the opening section in the code in Dreamweaver i have used the below code which is as close to the window size as i can get-

<script type="text/javascript">
window.onload = function() {
window.resizeTo(973,914);
}
</script>

i cannot figure this out.

Swooter

March 27th, 2009, 06:32 AM

Can you share the HTML code so I can take a look?

lowmoan

March 27th, 2009, 06:53 AM

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>

<script type="text/javascript">
window.onload = function() {
window.resizeTo (973,914);
}
</script>

<style type="text/css">

</style>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>UNIT ARCHITECTS LLP</title>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">

</script>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#000000">

<a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=EC4A+1JQ&sll=51.514218,-0.122609&sspn=0.019603,0.05579&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=16&iwloc=addr"></a>
<a href="mailto:unit.architects.co.uk"></a>



<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
AC_FL_RunContent(
'codebase', 'http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0',
'width', '100%',
'height', '100%',
'src', 'index_main',
'quality', 'high',
'pluginspage', 'http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer',
'align', 'left',
'play', 'true',
'loop', 'true',
'scale', 'showall',
'wmode', 'window',
'devicefont', 'false',
'id', 'index_main',
'bgcolor', '#000000',
'name', 'index_main',
'menu', 'true',
'allowFullScreen', 'false',
'allowScriptAccess','sameDomain',
'movie', 'index_main',
'salign', 'lt'
); //end AC code
</script>
<noscript>
<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" width="100%" height="100%" id="index_main" align="left">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="false" />
<param name="movie" value="index_main.swf" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="salign" value="lt" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /> <embed src="index_main.swf" quality="high" salign="lt" bgcolor="#000000" width="100%" height="100%" name="index_main" align="left" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" allowFullScreen="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer" />
</object>
</noscript>
</body>
</html>

Swooter

March 27th, 2009, 07:00 AM

I see you put a whole flash version detection in your html file... I suggest you put it in an external .js file.
Doesn't the window.resizeTo() get called at all? Try adding this line below: alert("test");
Do you get to see the alert?

And why resize to 973x914?

lowmoan

April 1st, 2009, 10:42 AM

swooter thanks for your help. i'm afraid i do not know enough about this to fix it easily.

let me recap.

my flash movie is 1024 x 768 pixels in flash. When I publish it I open up the HTML page in Dreamweaver and insert code to remove the border.

I want the page to open up at exactly the same size as the movie on all browsers - 1024 x 768 pixels, without scroll bars.

At present the HTML code sets the window to open at 973, 914 as the proportion seems ok.

Basically I want the window to be the size of the movie everytime on every browser
without scroll bars.

how do i do that?

Swooter

April 2nd, 2009, 03:54 AM

This wont work in every webbrowser, such as tabbed webbrowsers
You could use a popup window which opens at a specified width/height
But popups can only be opened from a users click