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WebSpider Contents

This help file contains a list of all Help topics available for WebSpider.  You can use the scroll bar to see the entries that are not currently visible in the Help window.

For information on how to use Help, press F1 or choose How to Use Help from the Help menu.

Overview	How to Use
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File

Edit

Format

Element

Link

Tools

Settings

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File

New

Open...

Import ASCII...

Save

Save As...

Document Base...

Document Information...

Send as Mail

Print...

Print Preview

Print Setup...

Exit


Edit

Cut

Copy

Paste

Delete

Find...

Find Next

Replace...


Format

Character Style...

Paragraph Style

Document Styles...

Left Indent

Center

Create List...

Set List Type...

Increase List Indent

Decrease List Indent


Elements
Element

Create Form…

Edit Form Attributes…

Edit Control…

Select Form

Show Control Palette

Insert Inline Image...

Edit Inline Image...

Insert Horizontal Line

Insert Line Break (BR)


Link

Create Link...

Edit Link...

Remove Link

Test Link

Create Target...

Edit Target...

Remove Target


Tools

Launch WebSurfer

Check Spelling…

Spell Check Options...


Settings

Highlight Targets

Highlight Forms

Show Background

Standard Toolbar

Formatting Toolbar

Status Bar


Overview

WebSpider is used to create and design HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) documents to be viewed over the World Wide Web (WWW). HTML documents, unlike word processor documents, can be viewed over many different platforms using various Browsers, such as the NetManage WebSurfer.

WebSpider is a standalone HTML editor that provides a simple word processor environment.  WebSpider makes formatting an HTML document as easy as formatting any regular text document.  The convenient Toolbar and menus allow the easy creation of headings, styles, lists, hypertext links, forms and the insertion of images.  Documents are saved in their ASCII HTML format.

The editor displays the HTML in a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) format, meaning the created documents appear in the editor as they will appear when viewed in a browser.

The advanced editing features are fully supported for HTML 2.0 files or files created in WebSpider, whereas the HTML syntax validation and the WYSIWYG viewing also support HTML 3.0 files.

You may also send files from WebSpider to e-mail and newsgroup recipients using the Send as Mail feature.

WebSpider provides you with a small library of example HTML files and graphics in the NETMANAG\WEBSPID directory.  Also, you may look at the WebSurfer library, provided in NETMANAG\WEBDOCS.  To use these files: first open an example file, save it with a new name, and edit it as you wish.

WebSpider can be used with other NetManage applications to publish your own HTML pages for the World Wide Web (WWW).


New

Creates a new HTML file.

To create a new file:

Choose the New command from the File menu.

Note:	If you use the New command when you are editing an unsaved file, you will be prompted to save the file before opening a new document.


Open
Open...

Opens an existing HTML file.

To open a file:

1.	Choose the Open... command from the File menu.

2.	Select the drive and directory where the file is located.

3.	Select the required file and choose the OK button.

Note:	If you use the Open... command when you are editing an unsaved file, you will be prompted to save the file before opening a new document.

You can easily open one of the last four files you worked on by choosing it from the list at the bottom of the File menu.

WebSpider provides you with a small library of example HTML files and graphics in the NETMANAG\WEBSPID directory.  Also, you may look at the WebSurfer library, provided in NETMANAG\WEBDOCS.  To use these files, first open an example file, save it with a new name, and edit it as you wish.  You may open the file using the File Manager or the Explorer in Windows 95 to drag and drop the file into the open WebSpider application.


Import Ascii
Import ASCII...

Converts an ASCII text file into HTML format and imports the file into the HTML editor. The file will retain the same name, but the extension will be changed to HTM.

1.	Choose the Import ASCII command from the File menu.

2.	Select the drive and directory where the file is located.

3.	Select the required file and choose the OK button.

Note:	Conversion guidelines determine the HTML interpretation of the imported file.  If the imported file contains HTML tags, they are converted to text as escape sequences, and will no longer be considered HTML markup.

Also, plain text is not imported as-is. That is, single carriage returns are omitted (paragraph breaks are entered only after two consecutive carriage returns). For example, if you import an ASCII file that has the structure:

word 1

word 2

word 3

word 4

In the WebSpider file, it is displayed as:

word 1 word 2 word 3

word 4


Save

Saves all changes to the current file to disk in ASCII HTML format.

To save the changes:

Choose the Save command from the File menu.


Save As
Save As...

Enables you to select the file name, directory, and drive to be used for saving a file.

To select a new filename:

1.	Choose the Save As... command from the File menu.

2.	Select the drive and directory where you want to save the file.

3.	Enter the file name in the File Name field and choose the OK button.


File Options

You can download, then edit, a document in WebSpider that you have viewed in WebSurfer by doing either of the following:

•	From the Edit menu in WebSurfer, choose the HTML Editor option in the Source command.

•	In WebSurfer, open the document, then click the right mouse button to display a pop-up menu. Choose the HTML Editor option to start WebSpider (if it's not already open).

Note:  	The second bulleted item applies only if you are using Windows 95 or NT 4.0.

The Save As dialog box is displayed. Select a directory location, then choose the Save button. You can now edit a newly created local copy of the file you have just downloaded.

If you have started WebSurfer with WebSpider already open and have downloaded a file, do the following:

1.	Save the file. The File Options dialog box is displayed.

2.	Select the Make all links absolute check box to ensure that relative links will work regardless of where you publish a document. This is the default setting.

Note:	Relative links will not work unless you publish a document in the exact same location from where you have downloaded it. If you do not select this option, the links in your document will not be updated. Check your document to make sure that all links still work.

You can download images as well by choosing a setting from the Images options box. Select from the following:

1.	Choose the Copy images with document setting to copy image files along with the associated text document to your local disk so that the document can use these local image files. When you publish a document, you should publish the image files together with your text document. The image files are then copied to the same directory as the local file and do not overwrite any local data. This is the default setting.

2.	Choose the Make all image links absolute setting to make all links to images in your file absolute links. If you use absolute links, when you publish documents, they always load the images they use from the original location (that is, the same location where the original document looks for them).

3.	Choose the Don't change image URLs setting to maintain the links to images exactly as they were in the original document. In this case, when you publish a document, you should make sure that all images have loaded correctly.

Note:	If you select the second or third option, you will not see the images while you are editing a document in WebSpider. To view the images in a document, open WebSurfer from within WebSpider by choosing Launch WebSurfer from the Tools menu.

4.	When you are done selecting settings, choose the OK button. You are then prompted to specify where you want the local file to be saved. If you choose to save images on the local disk as well, they will be saved in the same directory where you have saved this file.

5.	To return to WebSurfer, choose the Cancel button.


Document Base
Document Base...

Allows you to define document information (optional parameters).

Document Base replaces the parent URL in the reference tree. If the parent URL is left blank, then all the relative URLs pertain to the document's path. If the parent URL is filled in, all relative URLs pertain to the URL specified.

Note:	It is recommended that only experienced users take advantage of this feature because of the sensitive URL tree formed when it is used.

To set the document base:

1.	Choose the Document Base… command from the File menu.

2.	A Document Base dialog box appears. You need to specify the following information:

•	Base Information

Protocol

Choose the communication protocol required to access the file: HTTP, FILE or None.

Host

Enter the hostname used to access the document.

Port

The port displayed is the standard port used by the protocol selected.

Path and File Name

Enter the filename of the document and the directory path on the host.

Note:  	Be sure to end the path with a slash or backslash.

•	Base Location

This automatically fills in according to what you enter in the Base Information fields just listed.  Advanced users may enter data directly in the Base Location field, although it is advised to use the Base Information fields to avoid the creation of invalid input.

4.	Choose the OK button.


Document Information
Document Information...

Allows you to define document information.

•	Document Title

Enter a title for your document.  The implementation of the title is browser-dependent.  The common implementation is to display the title in the caption of the browser window when this document is open.

•	Author

Enter the name of the writer of the document.  This does not appear in the browser, only in the document header.

•	Organization

Enter the name of the organization. This does not appear in the browser, only in the document header.

•	Document Description

Enter a brief description of the document. This does not appear in the browser, only in the document header.

Date

•	Last modified date

The date that you last changed the document.  This is only displayed if you had selected the Insert Last Modification Date checkbox the last time you modified the document.   This does not appear in the browser, only in the document header.

•	Insert last modification date

The date that file was last changed is displayed the next time you open the document if this checkbox is selected.

Additional Information

•	Title

Provides a title for an additional field of information, such as revision.  This does not appear in the browser, only in the document header.

•	Contents

Enter any additional information.  This does not appear in the browser, only in the document header.


Save Selection as File

NOTE: this option does not exist in bobcat ( hence no footnotes)

The current selection is saved as a Text file (preserving the tags) with the extension .txt.  Use this command to save text structures you commonly use for easy reapplication in other files, using the Insert File command in the Edit menu.

To save selection as text:

1.	Select the text.

2.	Choose Save selection as File from the file menu.

3.	Select the drive and directory, and enter the file name.

4.	Choose the OK button.


Print
Print...

To print the current document:

1.	Choose the Print... command from the File menu.

2.	Select the Print Range and choose from the following options:

•	To print the entire document, choose All.

•	To print a specified range of pages, choose Pages.  Enter the beginning and ending page numbers in the range.

3.	Choose the OK button.


Print Preview

Shows the entire page on a reduced scale so you can check how the file will appear when printed.  The preceding and following pages are accessed using the Next Page and Previous Page buttons.  Buttons provide the following page display options: Two-Page, Zoom In and Zoom Out. The Print dialog box is displayed when you choose the Print button.


Print Setup
Print Setup...

Allows you to modify the printer configuration.

To modify the print setup, do the following:

1.	Choose the Print Setup... command from the File menu.

2.	Select either the default printer or a specific printer.

3.	Select additional options according to the specific printer.

4.	Choose the OK button.


Exit

Closes the WebSpider application.  If you have made changes to the document, you are prompted to save them before WebSpider is closed.

To close WebSpider, choose the Exit command from the File menu.


Cut

Use Cut to remove selected text from your screen and put it on the Clipboard.  Cutting text to the Clipboard replaces the contents previously stored there.  If you insert this text into a WebSpider file, the HTML markup is preserved.  If the text is inserted into another application, the text is inserted with the HTML markup, which is also inserted as text.

To cut text:

1.	Select the text.

2.	Choose Cut from the Edit menu to remove the selected text, or choose the Cut button from the toolbar.

Note:


Copy

Use Copy to copy selected text from a file to the Clipboard, leaving the original file intact, but overwriting the previous Clipboard contents.  If you insert this text into a WebSpider file, the HTML markup is preserved.  If the text is inserted into another application, the text is inserted with the HTML markup, which is also inserted as text.

To copy text:

1.	Select the text.

2.	Choose Copy from the Edit menu to copy the selected text, or choose the Copy button from the toolbar.

Note:


Paste

Inserts the Clipboard contents into the file at the position of the cursor.

To insert Clipboard contents:

Choose the Paste command from the Edit menu, or choose the Paste button from the toolbar.


Delete

Deletes the text selected.

To delete text:

1.	Select the text.

2.	Choose Delete from the Edit menu.


Find
Find...

Searches the document for the specified text string.

To search for text:

1.	Choose the Find... command from the Edit menu.

2.	Enter the text you wish to find.

3.	You have three options: Match Whole Word Only, Match Case, and the Direction (forward or backward in the file) in which you want to search for text.

4.	Choose the Find Next button.

5.	Choose the Cancel button when you have finished your search.


Find Next

Searches for the next occurrence of text that was searched for using the Find command.

To find the next occurrence of text:

Choose Find Next command from the Edit menu.


Replace
Replace...

Searches the document for a specified text string and replaces it with another specified text string.

To replace specific text:

1.	Choose the Replace... command from the Edit menu.

2.	Enter the text that you want to replace in the Find What box.

3.	Enter the replacement text in the Replace box.

4.	You have three options: Match Whole Word Only, Match Case, and the Direction in which you want to search for text.

5.	Choose Find Next to find the first occurrence of the specified text.

Choose Replace to replace the text.

Choose Replace All to replace all occurrences of the specified text throughout the document.

Choose Find Next again to move to the next occurrence of the specified text without making a replacement.

5.	Choose Find Next until all replacements are made, or choose Cancel to stop the replacement process. Any replacements that have already been made remain in effect.


Select All

this option does not exist in bobcat (so no footnotes)

Selects all the text in the file.  You can perform various editing options on the selected text.


Insert Inline Image
Insert Inline Image...

Inserts a picture into the document as an inline image at the current cursor position, and allows you to set the image's attributes.  Various graphic formats are supported, but it is advised to use the GIF format for maximum browser compatibility.  If your graphics are of a format other than the GIF format, use NEWTView to convert them to the GIF format.  The HTML implementation creates the tag IMG.

To insert a picture into your document:

1.	Position the cursor where you want the picture to be inserted.

2.	Choose Insert Inline Image command from the Element menu, or choose the Insert Inline Image button in the toolbar. The Inline Image dialog box appears.

3.	To specify the location of the image file:

•	Protocol - Select the communication protocol required to access the image: HTTP, FILE or None.

•	If the image file is located in the same directory as your HTML file or in a directory relative to your current directory, select None for Protocol, and do not fill in the Host and Port fields.

Note:  	To view Inline Images that use the None Protocol, in the server environment, the image files must be placed on the server while preserving the relative directory structure.

•	Host - Enter the name of the host where the destination file resides. This is the server that the protocol you have selected connects with to retrieve the image.  If Protocol is set to None, this field should be left blank.

•	Port - The port displayed is the standard port used by the chosen protocol.  If Protocol is set to None, this field should be left blank.

•	Path and File Name - Enter the destination file name, including the directory path.

•	Choose the Browse button to browse your local drive and select a graphic file.  After choosing the OK button, the Image information is updated with the relative location of the selected file (that is, relative to your HTML file).

Note:  	To benefit most from this feature, we recommend you use this option, after saving and naming your current HTML file, so that the relative path may be created accordingly.

•	You may also directly type the graphic file’s name and relative path into the Path and File Name field (for example, dir2\dir3\image.gif).

•	For image files that reside on another computer, use the HTTP protocol (the FILE protocol is also available, if necessary).

4.	Set the image alignment, height and width.

5.	Select the Image Map box if the image file contains more than one link.

Image maps are defined in a coordination and definition file that resides on the HTTP Server.  For your image map to work in the server environment, you should surround the Inline Image with a link that points to the Image Map definition file on the server.

6.	Choose the OK button.

Note:	WebSpider provides you with a library of icons and graphics, located in the NETMANAG\WEBSPID directory.  To use these images:

7.	Open the HTML file, web_art.htm, which contains all the graphics and their names.

8.	Select the file you want.

9.	Copy the icon or graphic to the Clipboard.

10.	Paste the icon or graphic into your HTML file.

11.	The graphic is inserted into your document as an inline image.

Note:  	You can directly create a reference to the graphic file itself (GIF file), which resides in the NETMANAG\WEBSPID directory, as described previously.


Edit Inline Image
Edit Inline Image...

Allows you to change the file or attributes of an image in the current document.

To edit an inline image:

1.	Select the image (either by double-clicking it or dragging the mouse over it) or place the cursor before or after the image you want to edit.

2.	Choose Edit Inline Image from the Element menu.

3.	The Inline Image dialog box appears. Change text as needed.  See Insert Inline Image for detailed information on the options.


Insert File...

remember - this option does not exist in bobcat - no footnotes

Insert a file at the cursor position.

To insert a file:

1.	Place the cursor where you want the file to be inserted.

2.	Choose Insert File from the Edit menu.

3.	Select the drive, directory and file.

4.	Choose the OK button.


Character Style
Character Styles...

Applies different style options to the selected characters.  The options are:

•	Bold

•	Italics

•	Underlined

•	Strong (HTML tag)

Used to format text.  The display implementation is browser dependent.  The common implementation is Bold.

•	Cite (HTML tag)

Used to mark citations.  The display implementation is browser dependent.  The common implementation is Italics.

•	Fixed Font (HTML TT tag)

Fixed Font TT (teletype) style indicates that the text should be displayed using monospace (fixed size) font. The font is browser dependent.  The common implementation is Courier.

•	Strikethrough (HTML S tag)

•	Size (HTML FONTSIZE tag))

Note:	Each checkbox allows three states instead of two: selected, shaded selected, and deselected. When you select a portion of a document that has mixed character styles and open the Character Styles dialog box, you see these styles in the shaded selected state. This state tells you that a part of the selection contains these styles. If you deselect one of the checkboxes, the style will be canceled throughout the selection. If you select one of the checkboxes, the style will be applied to the entire selection.

For the Bold, Italics and Underlined styles, you can also see the shaded selected state on the Formatting toolbar. From this location, however, you can only access the regular two-state option: selected or deselected.

To apply a character style:

1.	Select the text.

2.	Choose Character Styles... from the Format menu.

3.	Select the required style.

4.	Choose the OK button.

Note:	To apply or remove a character style, you may also select the associated button from the toolbar.


Paragraph Style
Paragraph Styles

Applies a style to the paragraph containing the cursor.  The HTML editor creates tags such as H1, H2 and PRE.

The following styles are available:

•	H1 to H6

Defines text in different size fonts for headings.  H1 is the largest font.  The common implementation is Bold.  Each of these styles becomes progressively smaller.  For H6, the common implementation is smaller than the normal font.

•	Pre-Formatted

Defines that the current paragraph should be displayed in a fixed font, and that no browser adjustments should be performed on this text.

For example, browsers usually eliminate white space such as double spaces and tabs.  In a pre-formatted paragraph, no adjustments are performed.  The common implementation uses the Courier font.  This style is often used with tabs to create simple tables.

•	Address

Defines that the current paragraph should be displayed as an address.  The common browser implementation is Italics.  This style is often used for e-mail addresses.

•	Normal

Defines that the current paragraph should be displayed as a regular paragraph, with no styles applied.

To apply a style to a paragraph:

1.	Place the cursor in the paragraph you wish to format.

2.	Choose Paragraph Styles from the Format menu.

Select the required style from the list or the associated button from the toolbar.

Note:	To remove a paragraph style, choose the associated button from the toolbar or select the Normal style from the Paragraph Styles list.


Left Indent

Left Indent indents a paragraph to the right using the HTML tag, BLOCKQUOTE.

Note:	The Left Indent is applied to all the paragraphs in the current selection.  The HTML implementation surrounds all the selected paragraphs with the BLOCKQUOTE HTML tag.

To apply a left indent:

1.	Place the cursor in the paragraph or select the paragraphs that you wish to format.

2.	Choose the Left Indent command from the Format menu or the associated button from the toolbar.

Note:	To remove a left indent, choose its associated button in the toolbar.  To remove a Left Indent, you can also deselect the Left Indent command from the Format menu.


Center

Moves a paragraph to the center by indenting it equally from the left and the right margins using the HTML tag, CENTER.

Note:	Center is applied to all the paragraphs in a current selection.  The HTML implementation surrounds all the selected paragraphs with the CENTER HTML tag.

To center text:

1.	Place the cursor in the paragraph or select a few paragraphs that you wish to format.

2.	Choose the Center command from the Format menu or the associated button from the toolbar.

Note:	To remove the Center style, choose the associated button in the toolbar or deselect the Center command from the Format menu.

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Document Styles
Document Styles...

Creates a document style that applies to the entire document.  You can create a background image (wallpaper) for the document.  You can also define colors for the following: background, text, link, visited link, and active link.


Create List
Create List...

Creates different types of lists to enhance text.  All lists indent from the left.  WebSpider creates tags such as UL, OL, and LI.

To create a list:

1.	Select a number of paragraphs to format.  Each paragraph is formatted into a list item
or

place the cursor inside the paragraph you want to start the list
or

place the cursor inside an existing list to start an indented (nested) list.

2.	Choose the Create List command from the Format menu or use the associated button for Ordered and Unordered lists in the toolbar.

3.	Select the required list style.  The list styles available are:

•	Ordered

Automatically inserts item numbers.

•	Unordered

Automatically inserts bullets.

•	Dir

Bulleted list similar to the Unordered list, consisting of short items, typically up to 20 characters each.  Items in a directory list may be arranged in columns, typically 24 characters wide.  The common browser implementation is as an Unordered list.

•	Menu

Bulleted list of items with typically one line per item, making it more compact than the ordered list style.  The common browser implementation is as an Unordered list.

4.	Choose the OK button.

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Set List Type
Set List Type...

Changes the style type of the selected items.

To change the list type:

1.	Select the whole list or the part of the list that you want to change. If you want the change to affect only one item, place the cursor anywhere in that item.

2.	Choose the Set List Type command from the Format menu.

3.	Select the required List style.  The list styles available are:

•	Ordered

Automatically inserts item numbers.

•	Unordered

Automatically inserts bullets.

•	Dir

Bulleted list similar to the Unordered list, consisting of short items, typically up to 20 characters each.  Items in a directory list may be arranged in columns, typically 24 characters wide.  The common browser implementation is as an Unordered list.

•	Menu

Bulleted list of items with typically one line per item, making it more compact than the ordered list style.  The common browser implementation is as an Unordered list.

4.	Choose the OK button.

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Increase List Indent

Creates a nested list by moving the selected list items to the right by one level.

To indent an item:

1.	Place the cursor in a list item or select the list items.

2.	Choose the Increase List Indent command from the Format menu or the associated button in the toolbar.

Note:	This command is available only when the cursor is positioned in a list.


Decrease List Indent

Moves the selected list items back (to the left) one level.  If used on list items that are at the first level, these list items change to regular paragraphs.

To decrease the indent of an item:

1.	Place the cursor inside a list item or select the list items.

2.	Choose the Decrease List Indent command from the Format menu or the associated button in the toolbar.

Note:	This command is available only when the cursor is positioned in a List.


Insert Horizontal Line

Inserts a horizontal line. The HTML implementation uses the tag, HR.

To insert a horizontal line:

1.	Place the cursor where you want the line to be inserted.

2.	Choose Insert Horizontal Line from the Element menu or select the associated button in the toolbar.


Insert Line Break (BR)

Inserts a line break at the cursor position. The HTML implementation uses the tag, BR.

To insert a line break:

1.	Place the cursor where you want the line break to be inserted.

2.	Choose Insert Line Break from the Element menu.


Create Link
Create Link...

Creates a hyperlink from the selected text to another specified document or Internet resource. The hyperlink (also referred to as link and URL) is used to reference any resource on the Internet.  When a link appears in the document, the Web browser uses the link to go directly to that resource, using the protocol selected when creating the link.

The HTML implementation creates the tag, A, with the attribute, HREF, specifying the selected URL.

To create a link:

1.	Select the text you want to be a link to the destination document.

2.	Choose Create Link... from the Link menu or choose the associated button from the toolbar.

In the Link dialog box that appears, specify the appropriate URL components for the link that you are creating:

For relative links (to a file in the same directory as the current file or a directory relative to it), select NONE for Protocol, and leave the Host and Port fields blank.

For internal links (within the same document), specify only the target.

For links that point to a file on another computer, see external links for further details about the URL components.

Note:  	Most users want to define relative links; in this case, use the NONE protocol. If a relative link is not applicable, then use HTTP. This is a general guideline for choosing the correct protocol; specific hosts may require a different selection.

Protocol - Select the communication protocol required to access the host for the requested data from the following list:

•	HTTP

•	GOPHER

•	FTP

•	FILE

•	TELNET

•	MAILTO

•	NEWS

•	TN3270

•	TN5250

Host - Enter the name of the destination host.

Port - The port displayed is the standard port used by the selected protocol.

Path and File Name - Enter the destination filename, including the directory path if necessary.

Use the Browse button to browse your local drive and select a file.  After choosing the OK button, the link information is updated with the relative location of the selected file (relative to your HTML file).

Note:  	To benefit most from this feature, we recommend you use this option after saving and naming your current HTML file so that the relative path may be created accordingly. See Browsing in Unsaved Documents for more information.

You may also directly type the file name and relative path into the Path and File Name field.

Target - Optional, by default the link transfers to the beginning of a document.  With the HTTP and FILE protocols, it is possible to link to a specified point inside a document if it has been defined as a target. Enter the target name you want to link to.  Use this option to link to a different point within the same document.

User Name - Enter the appropriate username for protocols that require a username for connection.

Password - Enter the appropriate password for protocols that require a password for connection.

Title - Allows you to provide an alternative name for the destination document.  Enter the name you require.

Target File Location - The information that you entered in the Link Information fields automatically appears in this field.

You can enter the string, if known, directly in the Target file location field, eliminating the need to fill in all the options of Link Information (that is, the URL components).

Note:  	It is recommended that you enter the details into each of the Link Information fields.  This information is used by WebSpider to create a valid URL, which is displayed in the Target file location field.  Advanced users or users who know the exact URL they wish to link to may enter the information directly in the Target file location field.

Test Link - Choose this button to test the link you have just created.

3.	Choose the OK button. The style of the selected text changes to reflect the existence of a link.

Note:  	This command is available only when text that is not already a link is selected.


Edit Link
Edit Link...

Allows you to edit the link in which the cursor is placed.

To edit a link:

1.	Place the cursor inside the link you want to edit.

2.	Choose Edit Link from the Link menu.

3.	The Link dialog box appears, displaying the current URL.  Modify the components as needed.

For relative links (to a file in the same directory as the current file or a directory relative to it), select None for Protocol, and leave the Host and Port fields blank.

For internal links (within the same document), specify only the target.

For links that point to a file on another computer, see External Links for further details about the URL components.

Protocol - Select the communication protocol required to access the host for the requested data from the following list:

•	HTTP

•	GOPHER

•	FTP

•	FILE

•	TELNET

•	MAILTO

•	NEWS

•	TN3270

•	TN5250

Host - Enter the name of the destination host.

Port - The Port displayed is the standard port used by the selected protocol.

Path and File Name - Enter the destination filename, including the directory path if necessary.

Use the Browse button to browse your local drive and select a file. After choosing the OK button, the link information is updated with the relative location of the selected file (relative to your HTML file).

Note:  	To benefit most from this feature, we recommend you use this option, after saving and naming your current HTML file, so that the relative path may be created accordingly.

You may also directly type the file name and relative path into the Path and File Name field.

Target - Optional, by default the link transfers to the beginning of a document.  With the HTTP and File protocols, it is possible to link to a specified point inside a document if it has been defined as a target. Enter the target name you want to link to.  Use this option to link to a different point within the same document.

User Name - Enter the appropriate username for protocols that require a username for connection.

Password - Enter the appropriate password for protocols that require a password for connection.

Title - Allows you to provide an alternative name for the destination document.  Enter the name you require.

Link To - The information that you entered in the Link Information fields automatically appears in the Target file location field.

You can enter the string, if known, directly in the Target file location field, eliminating the need to fill in all the options of Link Information (the URL components).

Note:  	It is advised to enter the details into each of the Link Information fields. This automatically creates a valid URL, displayed in the Target file location field.  Advanced users, or users  that know the exact URL they wish to link to, may enter the information directly in the Target file location field.

Test Link - Choose this button to test the link you just created.

4.	Choose the OK button.


Remove Link

Removes the tags from the text of the existing link.

To remove a link:

1.	Place the cursor in the text marked as a link.

2.	Choose Remove Link from the Link menu.


Test Link

Activates the link to information of the text in which the cursor is placed.

To test a link:

1.	Launch WebSurfer.

2.	Place the cursor inside an existing link (displayed as highlighted text).

3.	Choose the Test Link command from the Link menu or choose the associated button from the toolbar. The Link Information is activated as specified in the Link Information box.

4.	Close WebSurfer and do not save changes to your WebSurfer configuration file.

Note:	For relative links to work on the server, the relative directory structure must be preserved there.


Create Target
Create Target...

Creates a target used for a link to jump to. The HTML implementation creates the tag, A, with the attribute, NAME.

To create a target:

1.	Select the text for the target.

2.	Choose Create Target... from the Link menu or choose the associated button from the toolbar.

3.	In the Target dialog box, enter the name you want to use to define this target.

4.	Choose the OK button.

If the Highlight Targets command from the Settings menu is selected, the style of the highlighted text or background changes to show the existence of a target.  Displaying the targets in the editor is for your convenience.  The common browser implementation of targets normally does not display the targets in a different style.

Note:	This command is available only when text is selected that is not an existing target.


Edit Target
Edit Target...

Allows you to change the target name.

To edit the target:

1.	Place the cursor in the target you want to modify.

2.	Choose the Edit Target command from the Link menu. The Target dialog box displays the current target name.

3.	Enter the new target name.

4.	Choose the OK button.


Remove Target

Removes the target tags from the text of the existing target.

To remove a target:

1.	Place the cursor in the text marked as a target.

2.	Choose the Remove Target command from the Link menu.


Style Schemes

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Highlight Targets

Choose the Highlight Targets command from the Settings menu to have targets in the document appear in a different style so that they can be distinguished from other text.  The default is not to highlight targets.

Note:	Displaying the targets in the editor is for your convenience. The common browser implementation of targets does not display them in a different style.


Highlight Forms

Select the Highlight Forms command from the Settings menu to show Forms in a different style so that they can be distinguished from other text.  The default is to highlight Forms.

Note:	The display of Forms in the editor is for your convenience.  The common browser implementation of Forms does not display them in a different style.


Show Background

Select the Show Background command from the Settings menu to show or hide backgrounds if they are in the current file.

Note:	Hiding backgrounds in the editor is for your convenience. In the browser, the backgrounds should be visible.


Standard Toolbar

Select the Standard Toolbar command from the Settings menu to display or hide the standard toolbar (the top bar).  The toolbars give you quick mouse access to several WebSpider options and tools.


Formatting Toolbar

Select the Formatting Toolbar command from the Settings menu to display or hide the formatting toolbar (the second bar).  The toolbars give you quick mouse access to several WebSpider options and tools.


Status Bar

Select the Status Bar command from the Settings menu to display or hide the status bar.  The status bar is displayed at the bottom of the window, where it shows messages that provide explanatory text and statistics.


Launch WebSurfer

Launches WebSurfer using the current open document, which allows you to view and test it in the browser.

If you try to launch WebSurfer for an unsaved document, you will be prompted to save it before WebSurfer will open. Since WebSurfer displays the last version saved of a document, if you decide not to save a document, you will not see the currently edited document, but instead the last version saved. If the document is new and has not been saved yet, another popup menu is displayed that prompts you to do one of the following:

•	Choose the Save button to save the document and open the next one.

•	Choose the Cancel button to not open WebSurfer.


Check Spelling
Check Spelling...

Starts the Spell Checker. To check the spelling of your HTML file:

1.	With the cursor in the body of the file that you are creating, select the text for which you want to check spelling.  If you do not select text, the entire file is checked from the beginning.

2.	Choose the Check Spelling command from the Tools menu.  The Check Spelling dialog box appears.

The spelling checker begins checking the selected text.  When it finds a word that is not in any of the default dictionaries, it displays the word in the dialog box and highlights it in the file.

For each word selected, you can:

•	Correct the spelling - In the Replace With field, type the correct spelling.  Or, in the Suggestions field, select a correction.  Then choose the Replace button to change the current word only, or the Replace All button to change all instances of the word.

•	Leave the word unchanged and continue the spelling check by choosing the Ignore button.

•	Skip the current word and all other instances by choosing the Ignore All button.

•	Add the word to a user dictionary, so the spell checker does not consider it misspelled in the future.

3.	Choose the Cancel button to stop the spelling check and return to WebSpider.

See Also

Spell Check Options...


Browsing in Unsaved Documents

You can choose the Browse button from the following dialog boxes: Insert Inline Image, Edit Inline Image, Document Styles, Create Form, Edit Form Attributes, Image Button (in the Form Control), Create Link, and Edit Link. When you are editing a new document and choose the Browse button in one of these dialog boxes before you have saved the document, the following warning is displayed:

"It is recommended that you save your document before browsing for a target file."

Deselect the checkbox below this warning if you do not want it to display again in the current WebSpider session (this is the default). Then select from the following settings:

•	Choose the Save Now button to display the Save As... dialog box. After you have saved a document, you are returned to the original dialog box. If you cancel the save, you are returned to the warning message popup. If you save the document, the next time you use a browse button the warning message popup will not display.

•	Choose the Cancel button to close the warning message popup and end the browse request.

•	Choose the Browse button to continue the browse request, but without saving the document.

Note:	If you select the Browse button while you are editing in an unsaved document, all URLs that you include will be absolute instead of relative since there is no reference point for relative URLs to be created.


Help

Contents...

Search for Help On...


contents
Contents...

Displays the contents of the application's Help system.

While using Help, you can return to the Contents screen by choosing the Contents button in the Help window.


About WebSpider
About WebSpider...

For information about the program, select the About WebSpider command from the Help menu.

Choose the Copy button to copy the application version information into the Windows clipboard.  You can then paste this information into any application.

Choose the OK button to continue.


Search For Help On
Search For Help On...

Allows you to search for specific words or phrases in help topics, instead of searching for information by category. This is a standard Windows search utility available on both Windows NT and Windows 95.


How to Use WebSpider

Examples

Formatting

Forms and Controls

Graphics

Hypertext

Publishing HTML Pages

Spell Checker


Formatting

WebSpider provides quick and easy formatting of text.  The typical word processing functions are available using the Edit menu: cut, copy, paste, delete, find and replace.

In addition, HTML formatting tools are available to add character styles, paragraph styles, indent styles and lists, with WebSpider automatically applying the tags.

Italics, bold and quotes are applied using Character styles, which are applied only to the selected text.

White space (such as tabs) is not recognized by browsers; therefore, you can use the Left Indent and Center options to add and control white space.

Many documents require lists, which can be bulleted, numbered, or nested.  Lists are created using special HTML tags.

Various Paragraph styles allow you to format paragraphs in relatively different size fonts for emphasis (using the six levels of Heading styles), or to format your paragraph with the Pre-Formatted and Address styles.

The title of the document, which appears in the title window of the browser, is entered in the Document Information dialog box.


Hypertext

Hypertext is a link used to jump to relevant data in the current document, in another document, or to jump to another Internet resource.

There are three types of links -

Internal link - Points to another location in the same file.

Relative link - Points to another file in the same directory as the current document, or in a directory relative to the current directory.

External link - Points to a file on another computer, or to another Internet resource.

WebSpider creates links by placing tags around selected text and referring it to another location.  This tag is established by creating a link.  A link jumps to a different file, location, or Internet resource, according to the Link Information that was specified.  To refer to a particular point in a targeted HTML file, a target needs to be created. It is recommended that you test links to ensure that they work correctly.


Graphics

Graphics can easily be added to enhance your document.  Images can be inserted and horizontal lines added.  WebSpider comes with a compact library of graphics, with images such as bullets, customized lines and so on to liven up your document. These images are located in the NETMANAG\WEBSPID directory.

Note:	To view Inline Images that use the None Protocol in the server environment, the image files must be placed on the server and the relative directory structure must be maintained.


Examples

WebSpider provides you with a small library of example HTML files and graphics, located in the NETMANAG\WEBSPID directory.  Also, you may look at the WebSurfer library, provided in NETMANAG\WEBDOCS.  To use these files, first open an example file, save it as another name, and edit it as you wish.

WebSpider also comes with a compact library of graphics, with images such as bullets, customized lines and so on to liven up your document, also located in the NETMANAG\WEBSPID directory.  For detailed information on how to use these examples, see Insert Inline Image.


Hypertext Markup Language
HTML is a simple text-based language that can be viewed in a variety of fonts and styles on any platform.  It is simple ASCII text embedded with HTML tags, which add attributes to the text, graphics and creates hypertext links.

The HTML markup is standard, whereas the styling implementation and appearance is browser dependent.


Hypertext
Text that has specified network links, that when clicked, expand to display additional information related to that text.


Internal Links

Internal links point to a location in the current file. For internal links, the targeted location must first be defined as a target.  This Target Name should be specified in the Target name field of the Link Information dialog box.  The Protocol should be set to None and the Host, Port, Path and File Name fields should be blank.


Relative Links

Relative links point to a file that is located in a directory relative to the current file. The path and file name should be specified in the Path and File Name field of the Link Information dialog box.  The Protocol should be set to None, and the Host and Port fields should be blank.  The Target field is optional.

For example:

If the current file is \my_site\index.htm and you wish to point to the file \my_site\dir_1\file2.htm, you should enter: dir_1\file2.htm in the Path and File Name field.

If you use the Browse button in the Inline Image and Link dialog boxes, the relative path is created automatically.

Note:  	To benefit most from this feature, we recommend you use this option after saving and naming your current HTML file so that the relative path may be created accordingly. See Browsing in Unsaved Documents for more information.

HTML files containing relative images and links allow fast and easy retrieval in your browser.  You can also easily relocate an HTML file and all its associated files by simply copying the directory tree below your HTML file.

Note:	For relative links to work on the server, the relative directory structure must be maintained there.


External Links

External links point to a file on another computer. These links can also access other Internet resources such as Gopher, FTP, and News.  The user specifies which host to access, and which protocol to use to communicate with that host.

The guidelines for the creation of external links using various types of protocols are:

•	To point to an HTML file on an HTTP host:

Protocol: Select HTTP.

Host: Enter the HTTP host address, such as www.netmanage.com.

Port: Change the default port only if you know a different port to access.

Path and File Name: Specify the path and file name you wish to access, such as netmanag\nm3.html.

Target: If desired, fill in a specific target located in the file specified in the Path and File Name field.

•	To access a file on an FTP host:

Protocol: Select FTP.

Server: Enter the FTP host address, such as ftp.netmanage.com.

Port: Change the default port only if you know a different port to access.

Path and File Name: Specify the path and file name you wish to access.

User Name: Enter the user name.

Password: Enter the user’s password.

•	To access a file using the FILE protocol:

Protocol: Select FILE.

Server: Enter the server address.

Port: Change the default port only if you know a different port to access.

Path and File Name: Specify the path and file name you wish to access.

•	To access a file on a Gopher host:

Protocol: Select GOPHER.

Server: Enter the Gopher host address.

Port: Change the default port only if you know a different port to access.

Path and File Name: Specify the index you wish to access.

•	To start a Telnet session to access a file on a Gopher host:

Protocol: Select TELNET.

Server: Enter the host address.

User Name: Enter the user name.

Password: Enter the user’s password.

•	To send an e-mail message:

Protocol: Select MAILTO.

Server: Enter the mail host for the user you wish to send a message to (this is the portion of the e-mail address that appears to the right of the @ sign), such as netmanage.com.

User Name: Enter the user name for the user you wish to send a message to (this is the portion of the e-mail address that appears to the left of the @ sign), such as support.

•	To access a news group:

Protocol: Select NEWS.

Host: Enter the news server you wish to access, for example, news.netmanage.com.

User Name: Enter the user name.


HTML Markup
All the HTML attributes that appear in an HTML file, which includes start tags, end tags, attributes, and header information.


Publishing HTML Pages

WebSpider can be used with other NetManage applications to publish your own HTML pages for the World Wide Web (WWW).  A full suite of applications allows you to perform the following on the WWW:

•	Creating your own HTML pages using WebSpider

•	Publishing your HTML pages through your own Web site using the Personal Web Server

•	Browsing the WWW using WebSurfer

Following are instructions for publishing your HTML pages. For more detailed instructions, see each application’s online help. All file and directory names may be changed; those provided here are examples only.

1.	Create the directory, \my_site.

You may create sub-directories if necessary.

2.	Place the graphic files used in your HTML pages in this directory (or one of its sub-directories). It is advised that the graphics be in GIF format (you may use NEWTView to convert existing graphic files into GIF format).

You may use graphics from the library of graphics provided in the NETMANAG\WEBSPID directory.

3.	Use WebSpider to create your HTML pages. Save the first page (home page) as \my_site\my_page.htm.

•	You may use one of the supplied example pages provided with WebSpider as a basis for your page.

•	Enter the relevant details in the Path and File Name field of the Inline Images dialog box.

If your graphics are in \my_site or one of its sub-directories, specify only the GIF file name (and its relative location from the HTML page, if different than the HTML file’s directory). The Protocol should be set to None, and the Host and Port fields left blank.

•	If you create links from one of your HTML pages to another, it is advised to place the target pages in \my_site or one of its sub-directories and use relative links. If you create links to pages on the WWW, use external links.

4.	Use Personal Web Server to publish your document.  Choose Configure from the Settings menu and enter the following:

•	Port: 80

•	Default HTML file: my_page.htm

•	Web Root Directory: c:\my_site

If you use a different drive letter, specify it instead of c:\.

For dial-up users:

To publish using a Web site, you need a permanent connection to the Internet, or your pages should be placed on a Web server provided by an Internet Access Provider.

5.	To view your site, launch WebSurfer using one of the following URLs:

http://<your host name>.<your domain name>

or

http://<IP Address>


Create Form…

Creates a form on a new line after the current cursor position.

To create a form:

1.	Choose the Create Form... command from the Element menu.

The Form Attributes dialog box appears.

Select (using the browse buttons), or enter the URL components in the appropriate fields, or enter the URL directly in the bottom field.   The URL components are as follows:

•	Protocol - Select the communication protocol required to access the file: HTTP, FILE or None.

•	Host - Enter the name of the host where the destination file resides.  To access the file, the selected protocol is used to connect to the host.  If Protocol is set to None, leave this option blank.

•	Port - The Port displayed is the standard port used by the selected protocol.  If Protocol is set to None, leave this option blank.

•	Path and File Name - Enter the destination file name, including the directory path (in most cases, this is a CGI program that processes the form information).

2.	Get and Post set the format used by the form data when it is sent to the server.

•	Get - Use this option for forms that have no side effects, such as query forms.

•	Post - Use this option for forms that do have side effects, such as forms that modify a database or perform subscriptions.

3.	Choose the OK button.

A blank form is inserted on a new line.

Note:	Make sure the Highlight Forms command in the Settings menu is selected to identify the area of the form.  When creating the form information (controls and text), the cursor must be placed in this area.

See Creating Form Controls for information on how to add controls, and their different attributes.

See Test Form for details on how to test your form.


Edit Form Attributes…

Allows you to change the attributes of a form in the current document.

To edit the attributes of a form:

1.	Place the cursor in a form.

Note:  	Make sure the Highlight Forms command in the Settings menu is selected to identify the area of the form.

2.	Choose the Edit Form Attributes... command from the Element menu.

The Edit Form Attributes dialog box appears.

Select (using the browse buttons) or enter the URL components in the appropriate fields, or enter the URL directly in the bottom field.    The URL components are as follows:

•	Protocol - Select the communication protocol required to access the file: HTTP, FILE or None.

•	Host - Enter the name of the host where the destination file resides.  To access the file, the selected protocol is used to connect to the host.  If Protocol is set to None, leave this option blank.

•	Port - The Port displayed is the standard port used by the selected protocol.  If Protocol is set to None, leave this option blank.

•	Path and File Name - Enter the destination file name, including the directory path (in most cases, this is a CGI program that processes the form information).

2.	Get and Post set the format used by the form data when it is sent to the server.

•	Get - Use this option for forms that have no side effects, such as query forms.

•	Post - Use this option for forms that do have side effects, such as forms that modify a database or perform subscriptions.

3.	Choose the OK button.

A blank form is inserted on a new line.

See Creating Form Controls for information on how to add controls, and their different attributes..

See Test Form for details on how to test your form.


Edit Control…

Allows you to change the attributes of a form control in the current document.

To edit a control:

1.	Place the cursor before or after the control you wish to edit or select the whole control. When controls appear sequentially, place the cursor to the left of (before) the control you wish to edit.

Note:  	Make sure the Highlight Forms command in the Settings menu is selected to identify the area of the form.

2.	Choose the Edit Control command from the Element menu.

The dialog box containing the attributes of the current control appears.  Change any text to meet your requirements and choose the Apply button.  The control is updated with the information you specified.

For information about the control types and their attributes, see Form Controls.


Select Form

Selects the current form, allowing you to perform editing operations on the entire form.

To select a form:

1.	Place the cursor in an existing form.

2.	Choose the Select Form command from the Element menu.

Note:	To delete a form, first select it (by choosing the Select Form option or by dragging the mouse over it), then choose the Cut or Delete command from the Edit menu.  The Delete and Backspace keys do not work when positioned at the form borders.


Show Control Palette

Allows you to control the display of the palette.  The Control Palette is used for Creating Form Controls.

Note:	To show or hide the Control Palette, you may also choose the associated button from the toolbar.

The following table lists the Control Palette icons and their functions:

Icon	Function
Text Box	Inserts a text box into the form
Text Area	Inserts a text area into the form
Submit Button	Inserts a submit button into the form
Reset Button	Inserts a reset button into the form
Radio Button	Inserts a radio button into the form
Check Box	Inserts a check box into the form
Password Box	Inserts a password box into the form
Hidden Control	Inserts a hidden control into the form
Image Control	Inserts an image button into the form
Selection List	Inserts a selection list into the form
Help	Retrieves help about form components


Forms and Controls

Forms in HTML documents are the computer equivalent of paper forms.  Forms enable two-way communication through the use of HTML.  You create a form in WebSpider and place it on the Web.  You can enter and submit information, which is returned to the URL specified when the form was created.  Functions include Create Form..., Edit Form Attributes..., and Select Form.

Forms may contain controls such as radio buttons, text and password fields, checkboxes,  selection lists, as well as reset, submit and image buttons.  These are interactive building blocks that can be brought together in the context of a single form.  These allow you to easily enter information and submit the form.  See Creating Form Controls for how to create a control in an existing form, Form Controls for a list of controls you can create, and Edit Control... for how to change the attributes of a control.  Examples of radio buttons, check boxes and a selection list can be seen in the  following form.

Note:	WebSpider defines where the information from the form is sent.  Forms are usually sent to a CGI program, which uses a specifically created executable to process this information.  See Test Form for more information.


Test Form

NetManage provides you with a file \NETMANAG\CGI-BIN\FORMTEST.EXE to test that your forms work.  FORMTEST.EXE echoes back your original form and any data that was entered.  It does not interpret the data.  This test is performed to check that the form may be submitted without an error.  An individual executable, specific to each form, needs to be written to translate the data, or perform any other action on the data.

To test a form, even with formtest.exe, you must be working with WebSurfer using a Web server (not with a open local file), such as NetManage’s Personal Web Server.

To test a form, do the following:

1.	In the directory where your document resides, create a subdirectory called cgi-bin.

2.	Copy the file \NETMANAG\CGI-BIN\FORMTEST.EXE into this directory.

For example, if you are editing \MYDOCS\MYDOC.HTM, then create \MYDOCS\CGI-BIN.

3.	Open the Personal Web Server application.

4.	Choose the Configure... command from the Open Settings menu.  Set the Web Root Directory to the directory where your file resides (such as \mydocs).

5.	In WebSpider, open your HTML document, and place your cursor in the form.  Under edit forms, enter the file name \CGI-BIN\FORMTEST.EXE.  Save and close the HTML file.

6.	Open the WebSurfer application and go to the URL, http://<your-computer-name>/<your-file-name>.

For example, http://pc1.netmanage.co.il/mydoc.htm.  Your form is displayed.  Enter some information and choose the Submit button.  WebSurfer connects to the Personal Web Server (you can monitor this if you have the Log window of the server open).

A new Web page in WebSurfer appears, containing the names and values of the controls as sent by WebSurfer.


Creating Form Controls

To create controls in an existing form, perform the following steps:

1.	Select Highlight Forms from the Settings menu, to distinguish the area of the form. When you are inserting a control, you must click the area of an existing form.

2.	Choose the Show Control Palette command from the Element menu.

3.	From the control palette, click the button of the control you wish to insert.  For information about the control types and their attributes, see Form Controls.

4.	When moving to the edit area, the mouse appears with a different shape, indicating that you are dragging a control with you. Click the mouse at the position where you wish to insert the control.

5.	A dialog box appears for you to specify the attributes of the control. Enter the attributes and choose the Apply button.

6.	A control is inserted in the form.

Note:	To change the attributes of an existing control, place the cursor before or after the control, or select the whole control, and choose the Edit Control command from the Element menu.

See Also

Text Box

Text Area

Submit Button

Reset Button

Radio Button

Check Box

Password Box

Hidden Control

Image Control

Selection List


Form Controls

Controls are the elements that make up a form and allow you to create, for example, selection lists, radio buttons, check boxes and input boxes.  The following are the form controls you may create, the attributes you may specify in the dialog of each control, and a description of the control’s behavior in the browser:

Text Box

Text Area

Submit Button

Reset Button

Radio Button

Check Box

Password Box

Hidden Control

Image Control

Selection List


Text Box Control
Text Box

A text box is an input box of a single line, allowing you to enter text.   The text in this box is sent when the form is submitted.  It is commonly used for one line information such as name, number, e-mail address, and so on.

Specify the following:

•	Name (hidden): Enter a unique name for the control, used to identify the control’s information, when the form is submitted.  A name must be specified, or use the default sequential name.  The name does not appear in the browser.

•	Length of Box: Specify the display size for the box. When not specified, browser defaults are used.

•	Max Input Allowed: Enter the number of characters that you are allowed to enter in the box. When not specified, browser defaults are used (often limitless).

•	Default Text: Specify the text that should initially appear in this box when the form is loaded in the browser.

See Also

Text Area

Submit Button

Reset Button

Radio Button

Check Box

Password Box

Hidden Control

Image Control

Selection List


Text Area

A text area is a multi-line scrollable input area, allowing you to enter text.   The text in this area is  sent when the form is submitted.  It is commonly used for descriptions, brief messages, and so on.

Specify the following:

•	Name (hidden): Enter a unique name for the control, used to identify the control’s information, when the form is submitted.  A name must be specified, or use the default sequential name.  The name does not appear in the browser.

•	Rows: Enter the height (in rows) of the area displayed in the browser.  This does not limit the amount of characters allowed in the text area.

•	Columns to Display: Enter the width (in columns) of the area displayed in the browser.  This does not limit the amount of characters allowed in the text area.

•	Default text: Enter the text that should initially appear in this area when the form is loaded in the browser.

See Also

Text Box

Submit Button

Reset Button

Radio Button

Check Box

Password Box

Hidden Control

Image Control

Selection List


Submit Button

Sends the form data (according to the information specified in the Form Attributes dialog box).

Specify the following:

•	Value: Enter the label that appears on the button. The default is Submit.

Note:  	In the browser, this button submits the form information regardless of the text on the button.

See Also

Text Box

Text Area

Reset Button

Radio Button

Check Box

Password Box

Hidden Control

Image Control

Selection List


Reset Button

Clears the form of any information you have specified and restores the form to its original state.

Specify the following:

•	Value: Enter the label that appears on the button. The default is Reset.

Note:  	In the browser, this button clears the form information regardless of  the text on the button.

See Also

Text Box

Text Area

Submit Button

Radio Button

Check Box

Password Box

Hidden Control

Image Control

Selection List


Radio Button

Selects an option from a list.  In a list of radio buttons, there always is one and only one option selected (if more than one option may be selected, use checkboxes).  To create a list of radio buttons, all the radio buttons must have the same name, but different values.  The value differentiates which option is chosen.

Specify the following:

•	Name (hidden): Enter a name for the control used to identify the control’s information, when the form is submitted.  A name must be specified.  To create a list of radio buttons (that is, a group), they must all have the same name.  The name does not appear in the browser.

•	Value (hidden): Enter a value for this button. This is the information that is sent when the form is submitted if this button is selected.

Each value within a list of radio buttons should be unique.

•	Checked: This radio button should initially appear selected when the form is loaded in the browser.

Note:	Only one of the buttons in a list of radio buttons may be selected.

See Also

Text Box

Text Area

Submit Button

Reset Button

Check Box

Password Box

Hidden Control

Image Control

Selection List


Check Box

A check box is a box you click to select or deselect an option.  In a list of check box options, one option does not affect the other, and each may be selected or deselected.  For exclusive selection of one option, use radio buttons.  The value attribute to each check box differentiates which checkboxes have been selected.

Specify the following:

•	Name (hidden): Enter a unique name for the control, used to identify the control’s information, when the form is submitted.  A name must be specified, or use the default sequential name.  The name does not appear in the browser.

Note:  	To create a list of check boxes (that is, a group), they must all have the same name.

•	Value (hidden): Enter the value for this box. This is the information that is sent when the form is submitted if this box is selected.

Each value within a list of check boxes should be unique.

•	Checked: The box should initially appear checked when the form is loaded in the browser.

See Also

Text Box

Text Area

Submit Button

Reset Button

Radio Button

Password Box

Hidden Control

Image Control

Selection List


Password Box

A password box is an input box of a single line, allowing you to enter a password that appears on the screen as asterisks.  The text input in this area is sent when the form is submitted.

Specify the following:

•	Name (hidden): Enter a unique name for the control, used to identify the control’s information, when the form is submitted.  A name must be specified, or use the default sequential name.  The name does not appear in the browser.

•	Length of Box: Enter the display size for the box. When not specified, browser defaults are used.

•	Max Input Allowed: Enter the number of characters that you are allowed to enter in the box. When not specified, browser defaults are used (often limitless).

•	Default Text: Enter the text that initially appears in this box when the form is loaded in the browser. This text appears as asterisks.  If you do not enter a password, this is the text returned when the form is submitted.

See Also

Text Box

Text Area

Submit Button

Reset Button

Radio Button

Check Box

Hidden Control

Image Control

Selection List


Hidden Control

The hidden control is a control whose contents are not seen in the browser.  The control may be used to store data in the form, which is sent when the form is submitted.

Specify the following:

•	Name (hidden): Enter a unique name for the control, used to identify the control’s information, when the form is submitted.  A name must be specified, or use the default sequential name.  The name does not appear in the browser.

•	Value (hidden): Enter the text that is the contents for this control. This is the information that is sent when the form is submitted.  This text does not appear in the browser.

See Also

Text Box

Text Area

Submit Button

Reset Button

Radio Button

Check Box

Password Box

Image Control

Selection List


Image Control

Sends the form data as the Submit button does (according to the information specified in the Form Attributes dialog box) and the X and Y coordinates of the point you clicked.

Specify the following:

•	Name (hidden): Enter a unique name for the control, used to identify the control’s information, when the form is submitted.  A name must be specified, or use the default sequential name.  The name does not appear in the browser.

•	Image file location: Enter the location (URL) of the image file (You can enter it directly, or use components, described in the next item).

•	Image file location components: Enter the location (URL) of the image file (by choosing the various location components or by choosing the Browse button to browse your local drive and select a graphic file).

Note:  	You may use either the image file location or the image file location components  area. For further information on specifying the location of image files, see Insert Inline Image.

•	Alignment: Enter the alignment of the image in the line.

See Also

Text Box

Text Area

Submit Button

Reset Button

Radio Button

Check Box

Password Box

Hidden Control

Selection List


Selection List

A selection list is a list from which you may select an option or a number of options (using the Ctrl key if multiple selection is allowed for this list).   The list may appear as a scrollable list or as a pull-down list.

Specify the following:

•	Name (hidden): Enter a unique name for the control, used to identify the control’s information, when the form is submitted.  A name must be specified, or use the default sequential name.  The name will not appear in the browser.

•	Style:

•	Multiple Selection: Selected if more than one option may be selected (and submitted).

When Multiple Selection is selected, the list will be a scrollable list; if not, the list will be a pull down list.

•	Rows to Display: Enter the height (in rows) of the list area displayed in the browser. When nothing is specified, the default is one.

If the list is a scrollable list, this parameter defines the height of the list; if the list is a pull-down list, this parameter defines the height of the pull-down menu.

•	List Options

Create a list of the options that appear in the Selection List.  Enter the information in the Option text and Value fields, and choose the Add button.  The Option, with the value in parentheses, is listed.

•	Option Text: Enter the text that appears in the list. If you did not select the Option Value field, the Option Text is sent when the form is submitted.

•	Option Value (hidden): Enter the value for the current option. This is the information that is sent when the form is submitted if this option has been selected.

•	Selected: The option should initially appear selected,when the form is loaded in the browser. If no option is selected, the first option appears selected.

•	To change an option in the list, select it.  The Option text and Option Value of the selected option appears in the boxes above the list. Edit these options as desired, and choose the Modify button to change the selected option based on the new input.

To delete an option form the list, select an existing option from the list and choose the Delete button to remove this option.

Use the up and down arrows to change the location of the selected options in the list.

See Also

Text Box

Text Area

Submit Button

Reset Button

Radio Button

Check Box

Password Box

Hidden Control

Image Control


Spell Checker Options
Spell Check Options...

You can customize the Spelling Checker for your own special needs.  Choose the Spell Check Options command from the Tools menu, or choose the Options button from the Spelling dialog box.

The Spell Check Options dialog box appears.  In the Options subsection, you may select from the following:

•	Ignore capitalized words - Capitalized words will not be checked.

•	Ignore words with numbers -  Words containing numeric characters will not be checked.

•	Ignore words with mixed case - Words containing mixed case letters will not be checked.

•	Report doubled words - Any words that appear twice next to each other will be checked.

•	Always suggest - The Suggestion box automatically displays suggested words.  The default for this option is On.

In the Language subsection, you may select from the following:

•	English (US): This is the default option.  When this option is selected, the Spell Checker follows American English spelling conventions.

•	English (UK): When this option is selected, the Spell Checker follows British English spelling conventions.

In the Dictionaries subsection, you may create and add to additional user dictionaries.  You may use up to ten different dictionaries.

See Also

Check Spelling


Send as Mail

Sends the current file as an e-mail message. The only way to send an e-mail message or news article from WebSpider is to use this command.

To use Send as Mail:

1.	Choose the Send as Mail command from the File menu or the associated button from the toolbar.

2.	If the current file contains unsaved information, you will be prompted to save it.

3.	The current file appears in a Message Edit window. Enter the subject and set the recipient list.

4.	Choose the Send button from the Edit window toolbar.

Note:	Messages sent from WebSpider are not saved in the Sent Mail folder in Z-Mail™ Pro. Use the Bcc option in Z-Mail™ Pro to send a copy to yourself.