[Sigia-l] [tech: HTML] query into a DHTML layer

[Lindsay Evans]

> I want to setup a layer to become visible, and when that later becomes
> visible, at that point it is built off of a query statement from the
> server. However, I do not want the screen to go blank when the query is
> being made. I only want the layer to be effected by the query request,
> not the rest of the page.

Sounds like the <iframe> element is what you are after.

<iframe src="foo" style="..."></iframe>

Should work in IE3+ and any Gecko based browser.

More info from the respective horses mouths:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/objects/iframe.asp
http://www.mozilla.org/docs/dom/domref/dom_frame_ref16.html

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