FP98: Error, Problems Using GIF Image and Hover Button
Article ID: 179627
Article Last Modified on 12/1/2000
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft FrontPage 98 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q179627
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.
-or-
- 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: kbprb KB179627