Internet Explorer 5 Web Programming Unleashed

• Shows you how to take IE 5 out of the box and maximize its capabilities to create striking, dynamic web sites
• Details the "how" and "why" as well as the "what" of web development with IE 5
• Provides in-depth and comprehensive coverage
• CD-ROM contains web development utilities and programming code

Table of contents

Introduction ..... 1

Part I: Dynamic Pages ..... 5

1: IE 5.0: More Than the Sum of Its Parts ..... 7

2: Understanding the DH'rML Object Model ..... 15

3: Altering Component and Page Styles ..... 31

4: Positioning Page Elements ..... 51

5: Adding Interactivity with Events ..... 69

6: Identifying Client Capabilities ..... 93

7: Adding Persistence to Web Applications ..... 119

8: Using Dynamic Properties ..... 141

9: Programming with HTML Forms ..... 155

10: Printing Dynamic Pages ..... 197

Part II: Working with Components ..... 213

11: Client-Side Java and Java Applet, ..... 215

12: Packaging DHTML. Behaviors ..... 235

13: Windows Script Components ..... 257

14: Creating HTML Applications ..... 285

Part III: Dynamic Web Content 307

15: Altering Web Page Contents ..... 309

16: Accessing the Document Object Model (DOM) ..... 331

17: Accessing DHTMI, with MSHTML and Visual Basic ..... 363

18: Using Custom Tags ..... 403

19: Accessing the XML DOM with Script ..... 423

20: Transforming XML with XSL and Patterns ..... 441

Part IV: Data Access Techniques ..... 463

21: Using Data Binding Techniques ..... 465

22: Using Tabular Data Control ..... 489

23: Updating Data Interactively with ADO/RDS ..... 511

24: Working with XML Data Islands ..... 537

Part V: Working with Multimedia ..... 559

25: Applying Multimedia and Animation Effects ..... 561

26: Synchronizing Multimedia with Timelines ..... 603

27: Creating Custom Multimedia Effects ..... 631

28: Strcaming Multimedia to the Client ..... 653

29: Using Macromedia Shockwave and Flash ..... 705

Part VI: Providing Support ..... 743

30: Creating Customized Menus ..... 745

31: Providing HTML Help Files ..... 773

Part VII: Expanding the Browser ..... 807

32: Customizing the Browser ..... 809

33: Using the DHTML Editing Component ..... 831

Part VIII: Expanding Functionality ..... 877

34: Using the webBrowser Control ..... 879

35: Using MSXML from Internet Explorer ..... 915

36: Working with Administration Kits ..... 947

Part IX: Appendixes ..... 981

A: IE 5 Foreign Language Codes ..... 983

B: IE 5 International Character Sets ..... 989

Index ..... 993