LM1: Cannot Drag and Drop Hyperlink Image From Browser
  
PSS ID Number: Q185440
Article last modified on 07-22-1999
 
WINDOWS:1.0
 
WINDOWS
 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Liquid Motion for Windows 1.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you attempt to drag an image from a Web page that is being displayed in a
Web browser to a Liquid Motion animation, the pointer disappears and you cannot
drop the image onto the animation.
 
CAUSE
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The image is being used as a hyperlink. Liquid Motion cannot import images that
are the source of a hyperlink.
 
RESOLUTION
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To work around this behavior, follow these steps:
 
1. Save the image to a disk.
 
   a. If you are using Internet Explorer, right-click the image and then click
      Save Picture As on the menu that appears.
 
      If you are using Netscape Navigator, right-click the image and then click
      Save Image As on the menu that appears.
 
   b. Type a name for the image and click Save.
 
2. On the Insert menu, click Image.
 
3. Select the image you saved in step 1 and click Open.
 
STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at
the beginning of this article.
 
MORE INFORMATION
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The third-party products discussed here are manufactured by vendors independent
of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these
products' performance or reliability.
 
Additional query words: 1.0
 
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Keywords          : kb3rdparty kbgraphic kbinterop kbbuglist
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending
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Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1999.