Could some one show me how to use the embed?

[aidanmack]

Hi,
I have never used the Embed function in HTML

Is it possible to use it for loading another page in?
for example below i have used the embed function to try un load google in to another page but this doesnt seem to work...

<EMBED name="test" src="http://www.google.co.uk/" height="100" width="200"></EMBED>

Is it actually possible to get it to work?

I am simply looking at diffrent ways of getting pages to load in to other pages.

So far i have succesfully mastered the ways of the iframe!

Thanks
Aidan

[the tree]

I have never used the Embed function in HTML.That's good because there isn't one. <embed> is a proprietry tag and doesn't appear in the HTML specifications.
From the example you gave, iframe is the most apropriate element to use.
object could also do it I suppose, but shouldn't need to.

What's your reason for wanting to do this anyway?

[Chalk4Brains]

Hi,
I have never used the Embed function in HTML

Is it possible to use it for loading another page in?
for example below i have used the embed function to try un load google in to another page but this doesnt seem to work...

<EMBED name="test" src="http://www.google.co.uk/" height="100" width="200"></EMBED>

Is it actually possible to get it to work?

I am simply looking at diffrent ways of getting pages to load in to other pages.

So far i have succesfully mastered the ways of the iframe!

Thanks
AidanYou can use the embed tag to load a web page in an existing one but you need to use the tag in conjunction with the object tag. See below:

<object data="http://www.somesite.com/somePage.htm" width="600" height="400">
<embed src="http://www.somesite.com/somePage.htm" width="600" height="400"></embed>
</object>The only problem with this is that you have to specify a URL, under the src="" attribute, that points to a specific file, and not just a website domain name. If you simply put in a URL like http://www.somesite.com/ for the src="" attribute, nothing would load in the embedded area.

However, I would recommend you stick with using iframes for this purpose.

Hope this helps....

[aidanmack]

What's your reason for wanting to do this anyway?

Thanks for your help.
Sounds like i am best stickin with an iframe.
Basically we designed a database orientated site on another server with a different domain...
But now the boss says he wants to incorporate it in to another site. due to diffrent reasons the only way i can do it is to actually pull the database page into the one he wants it in.

if that makes sense!..
Iframe i think sounds the best route.
Does any one no of any problems i should be aware of when using a Iframe? for example browser or os probs?

thanks
Aidan

[Chalk4Brains]

Thanks for your help.
Sounds like i am best stickin with an iframe.
Basically we designed a database orientated site on another server with a different domain...
But now the boss says he wants to incorporate it in to another site. due to diffrent reasons the only way i can do it is to actually pull the database page into the one he wants it in.

if that makes sense!..
Iframe i think sounds the best route.
Does any one no of any problems i should be aware of when using a Iframe? for example browser or os probs?

thanks
AidanAs far as I am aware the iframe tag is supported in the following browsers:


Internet Explorer v3 and above
Netscape v6 and above
Opera v5 and above
All other, newer versions of browsers, such as, Mozilla Firefox, should support the iframe property as well.

[aidanmack]

Thats great,
Thankyou all very much for your time and help