There are three parts to MagicWindow. A scroll area, an up button, and a down buttton. The up and down buttons control the up/down movement of the document in the scroll area.

In order for MagicWindow to work properly you'll need to create an instance of each part. To do that, drop three MagicWindow objects on a page and through the properties palette, configure them for which part they'll operate as.

The Type option in the palette lists each of the three parts.

Type - Scroll Area

• File Location (Local | URL)
  Select whether the file will be accessed through a local drive or a URL.
• File (Local only)
  Use the Open dialog box to select the file.
• URL (URL only)
  Enter in the URL of the file. The URL must include the document. In other words, do not enter http://www.domain.com, but rather http://www.domain.com/index.html. Failure to do so may result in MagicWindow not working.
• Scroll Speed
  The speed at which the document in the scroll area will scroll. Generally, a number between 1 and 5 is appropriate.
• Padding
  Padding between the edges of the document in the scroll area and edges of the scroll area.
• Acquire Page BG? (No | Yes)
  If the web page uses a background image or color, select whether or not it should be used. Please note that background images may not display properly in Netscape 4.x.
• Color Background (No | Yes)
  Select whether or not you'd like to use a color background for the scroll area.
  • Background Color
    Select a background color through Fusion's color picker.
• Use Border? (No | Yes)
  Select whether or not you'd like to have a border around the scroll area.
  • Border Width
    Enter a number that will represent the width of the border in pixels.
  • Border Color
    Select the border color through Fusion's color picker.
  • Border Style
    Many border styles to choose from. Note: Border styles are displayed differently in different browsers. "Dashed" and "Dotted" borders will be visible in Internet Explorer only.

Type - Up Button

• Up Button Image
  Use the Open dialog box to select an image that will be used for the up button. (You are given an up button graphic, by default, if you do not choose one.)
• Alt Text
  Enter the text that will be used in the ALT tag of the image.

Type - Down Button

• Down Button Image
  Use the Open dialog box to select an image that will be used for the down button. (You are given a down button graphic, by default, if you do not choose one.)
• Alt Text - Enter the text that will be used in the ALT tag of the image.

Once the palette options are configured, the coolmaps.com Publish Component must be enabled.

• Choose Publish View > Publish > Publish Components
• Check 'coolmaps.com Publish Component'

Don't see the coolmaps.com Publish Component listed? Get it here!

Important Usage Notes

• MagicWindow is only capable of displaying ONE page, and not multiple pages. A frames page is composed of multiple pages tied together through a frameset page. If you choose a frames page to be displayed in MagicWindow you will get an empty MagicWindow. If you want the page to show in MagicWindow then you must open your site, remove the frames from that page, and publish it. Then select the newly published page to be displayed in MagicWindow.

• Only one MagicWindow can be placed on a page.
• MagicWindow will not automatically update when you update the page that displays in the MagicWindow. You must republish the MagicWindow page for it to be updated.
• MagicWindow will not work if you have site settings set to CSS.

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