FP98: Error, Problems Using GIF Image and Hover Button

• Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you use a GIF image with a hover button, you may experience one of the following problems in Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0:

• The image does not appear.



• The image appears scrambled.



• You receive an illegal operation error.

CAUSE

These problems appear because Internet Explorer 3.0 Java does not handle any GIF that has a local color table.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem use either of the following workarounds:

• Use an image editing tool, such as Microsoft Image Composer, to open the image and save the GIF file without a local color table.

• Use an image editing tool, such as Microsoft Image Composer, to open the image and convert it to JPG format.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0.

Additional query words: fpeditor hover buttons ie

Keywords          : kbdta fpedit 
Version           : WINDOWS:
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb 

Last Reviewed: July 27, 1999