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On Fri, 20 Apr 2001 20:11:40 +0100, Dr John Stockton
<spam@merlyn.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>JRS:  In article <QXAIZiD$Ye16Ewb3@merlyn.demon.co.uk>, seen in
>news:comp.lang.javascript, Dr John Stockton <spam@merlyn.demon.co.uk>
>wrote at Thu, 12 Apr 2001 18:30:39 :-
>>
>>Well, page <URL: http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/js-index.htm> now has its
>>button in NS4.7; and the button has an effect - it removes the existing
>>text, "Target."; but the new text is not on-screen.  Would someone with
>>4.7 like to have a go at getting it right? - I know nothing of this form
>>of positioning.
>>
>><table align=center bgcolor=cyan border=3 cellpadding=5
>> summary="DynWrite Test">
>><tr><td align=center>
>><div id="Fred"><ilayer name=Fred visibility=show>Target.</ilayer></div>
>><form>
>><input type=button value='Test DynWrite'
>> onClick="DynWrite('Fred', 'OK '+TestCounter++)">
>></form>
>></td></tr></table>
>>
>
>The above attracted no response in c.l.j; so I'm trying here, and here.

And end up getting a reply by someone who missed it in clj...

I'm afraid you're in one of the situations I was always very reluctant
to put DynWrite in the clj FAQ, NN4 is very particular as to where you
can put ILAYER's - it won't reflow them in tables, as I recall the
general approach was to place one in a table, then get it's x,y
location and create a new positioned layer on top of it which you
actually changed with DynWrite, obviously that sort of hack approach
has little to recommend it simply to support one crippled browser.

As you seemingly just want the DynWrite's content centered, you could
have the layers there and have DynWrite write out
<center>content</center>

If that kind of approach is no good, then I'm afraid it's back to  NN4
being in the non-javascript enabled.

Jim.