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I'm working on a PDF mod. This mod will let you embed a pdf file into your post via the PDFMENOT website. I have it working OK but when embedded, it widens the width of the forum. I can't figure out why.
Here is my test page with an embedded PDF file:
http://www.mangionemagic.com/forumtest/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=901
If you want to try out the feature login as demo/demo. Just either link to a pdf file and place it in the pdf tags - [pdf] [/pdf] or simply upload a pdf file (which will automatically insert the pdf tags for you).
Here is the code for my tag. Note that I do not write code. I simply am a good "copy and paste" kind of guy. I copied some code from the video mod and modified it for this PDF mod. There is probably a better way to do it but this for now is working.
Here is the function:
Here is the tag code:
Can anyone see why it stretches my forums width?
Here is my test page with an embedded PDF file:
http://www.mangionemagic.com/forumtest/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=901
If you want to try out the feature login as demo/demo. Just either link to a pdf file and place it in the pdf tags - [pdf] [/pdf] or simply upload a pdf file (which will automatically insert the pdf tags for you).
Here is the code for my tag. Note that I do not write code. I simply am a good "copy and paste" kind of guy. I copied some code from the video mod and modified it for this PDF mod. There is probably a better way to do it but this for now is working.
Here is the function:
Code:
function EmbedPDF(URL,autostart){
if(autostart != true && autostart != "true" && autostart != "1" && autostart != 1){
autostart = 0; //Replace with default. Default = 0 (false).
}else{
autostart = 1; //Replace with 1, being zero.
}//See if we can continue.
if(URL == null || URL == "illegal"){
//Nope, we can't.
document.writeln(" error: illegal use of pdf tag! ");
}else{
//Add the code to the document.
document.writeln('<script type="text/javascript" src="http://pdfmenot.com/embed/?url=' + URL + '&width=625&height=475" />');
document.writeln('</script>');
}
}Code:
'##### PDF Begin #####
Function ReplacePDFTags(fString)
Dim oTag, cTag
Dim roTag, rcTag
Dim oTagPos, cTagPos
Dim nTagPos
Dim counter1, counter2
Dim strCodeText
Dim Tagcount
Dim strTempString, strResultString
TagCount = 2
Dim CodeTags(2,2,2)
Dim strArray, strArray2
CodeTags(1,1,1) = "[pdf]"
CodeTags(1,2,1) = "[/pdf]"
CodeTags(1,1,2) = "<div class=""media""><script language=""javascript"">EmbedPDF("""
CodeTags(1,2,2) = """,625,475,false)</script></div><div class=""break""></div>"
CodeTags(2,1,1) = "[pdf]"
CodeTags(2,2,1) = "[/pdf]"
CodeTags(2,1,2) = CodeTags(1,1,2)
CodeTags(2,2,2) = CodeTags(1,2,2)
strResultString = ""
strTempString = fString
for counter1 = 1 to TagCount
oTag = CodeTags(counter1,1,1)
roTag = CodeTags(counter1,1,2)
cTag = CodeTags(counter1,2,1)
rcTag = CodeTags(counter1,2,2)
oTagPos = InStr(1, strTempString, oTag, 1)
cTagPos = InStr(1, strTempString, cTag, 1)
if (oTagpos > 0) and (cTagPos > 0) then
strArray = Split(strTempString, oTag, -1)
for counter2 = 0 to Ubound(strArray)
if (Instr(1, strArray(counter2), cTag) > 0) then
strArray2 = split(strArray(counter2), cTag, -1)
strCodeText = trim(strArray2(0))
if instr(strCodeText,",") > 0 or _
instr(strCodeText,")") >0 or _
instr(strCodeText,"(") >0 or _
instr(strCodeText,";") >0 or _
instr(strCodeText,"""") >0 or _
instr(strCodeText,"<") >0 or _
instr(strCodeText,">") >0 or _
instr(strCodeText,"[") >0 or _
instr(strCodeText,"]") >0 or _
instr(strCodeText,",") >0 then
strCodeText = "illegal"
end if
strResultString = strResultString & roTag & strCodeText & rcTag & strArray2(1)
else
strResultString = strResultString & strArray(counter2)
end if
next
strTempString = strResultString
strResultString = ""
end if
next
ReplacePDFTags = strTempString
end function
'##### PDF End #####
Posted
Well, I just looked at it with the demo account and the page does not stretch. It seems it only widens the page if I'm logged on as the Admin. Any idea why?
Here it is as a regular member:
Here it is as the admin:
Here it is as a regular member:
Here it is as the admin:
Posted
It seems to be because of the added icons in the topic header when you logged in as an administrator.
Posted
You're probably right. Why doesn't the file fill up the space under those admin icons? It instead seems to stretch the cell it is in.
Posted
HTML will stretch the cell if content is too big. It will NEVER stretch a single element across multiple cells. You need make a whole separate table inside the header row to achieve the result you are looking for.
When your done your HTML will be something like this.
When your done your HTML will be something like this.
Code:
<table>
<tr><td>Author</td><td><table><tr><td>Topic</td><td>Admin Icons</td></tr></table></td></tr>
<tr><td>Avatar</td><td>Message</td></tr>
</table>
Posted
Where in topic.asp would I find the cell that holds the message? Perhaps it needs a colspan=2 added to it for the admin?