The Navigate action allows you to show a web page directly from an Intranet or Internet into a Browser object – this is called navigating. The web page is entered by typing a URL into this action or by building a URL using Opus variables.
Note:
To use this action you must have drawn at least one Browser object on the current page – see Using the Browser Tool for more information.
You must also have Internet Explorer v3.00 or above installed on your system. Users of your publication will also require Internet Explorer 3.00 or above installed on their system.
1. Add the Navigate action to your trigger, as described in adding actions. The Navigate tab will automatically appear when you add the action.
2. Use the Select the Internet browser this action applies to… panel to select the Browser object on the current page that you want to use. Click on the down arrow to the right of the Browser box to list all of the Browser objects that appear on the current page.
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If the drop down box is empty, then there are no current Browser objects on the current page; therefore you will not be able to use this action.
3. Use the Navigate to this Internet address: panel to enter the URL of the web page you want to open in the Browser object. Click on the Browse… button to open the Windows Open File dialog, which you can use to locate the web page on your system. Alternatively, you can type the full URL in the box provided.
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You can enter variables into this field – the variable should contain a valid pathname for the web file you wish to open – see Using variables to create pathnames for more information.
4. Click on the Apply button to save your changes.
You can use this action to specify a web page (i.e. an HTML file) on your local Intranet, Internet or even in a directory on your computer. If the web page is in a directory on your computer, be careful to ensure that the file you refer to is also available in the same location on the user’s computer. We recommend you use the system variable SYSTEM_PUBLICATION_DIR to ensure that the web page will be available. For example, this means you could put web pages on your CD-ROM and the user can access them from the CD-ROM – see Using variables to create pathnames for more information.
Using Variables to Create Pathnames
Introducing the Browser Actions