PRB: Using AppletContext.showDocument() to navigate to an Anchor
Article ID: 169809
Article Last Modified on 8/25/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual J++ 1.0 Standard Edition, when used with:
- Microsoft Visual J++ 1.1 Standard Edition, when used with:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.01, when used with:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02, when used with:
- Microsoft Java Virtual Machine
This article was previously published under Q169809
SYMPTOMS
Calling AppletContext.showDocument(URL) with a URL that contains an anchor
(
http://myserver/mypage.html#myanchor) opens the correct Web page but does
not navigate to the anchor.
CAUSE
A problem with Internet Explorer 3.x prevents navigation to the anchor.
RESOLUTION
Use two pound sign's (#) instead of one before the anchor name (for
example,
http://myserver/mypage.html##myanchor). Internet Explorer 3.x will
interpret this as having one pound sign and navigate to the anchor.
STATUS
Internet Explorer 4.0 does not exhibit this behavior and ignores the extra
pound sign if present.
REFERENCES
For the latest Knowledge Base articles and other support information on
Visual J++ and the SDK for Java, see the following pages on the Microsoft
Technical Support site:
Additional query words: anchor showDocument URL
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