.asp button

I have a website I go to that the Hover Buttons (links) don't work. When I click on them nothing happens. The buttons work just fine on my other computer. I have all the java programs installed. The properties tell me it is .asp. Why can't I open an asp file?

 

OK, what do I do to fix it?

 

ASP pages provide server side processing for web pages. Hover over properties are activated client side (that is, your browser (IE, Firefox, Opera) handles the Hover Over, rather than it being processed at the wed server). Therefore, the fact that the problem is apparent in an ASP page is probably a redherring.

There are five main client side scripting launguages: Java, Javascript (which is DIFFERENT to Java), VBScript, JScript and ActiveX. I expect that hover over isn't working because one of these scripting languages has been switched off or functions have been disabled within your browser. So you can check your browser settings.

I expect that Javascript is being used to provide the hover over, so look for a Javascript setting. However, as it is an ASP page, it is possible that whoever wrote it also used a Microsoft propriatory language (VBScript, JScript, ActiveX) for the client side scripting. If you are not useing IE that could be a problem.

 

I am using IE6 and as far as I know everything is enabled. I checked in Internet Options/Security. Is there somewhere else to check?

 

Can you view the source code of the page you see? Find the code around the button and print it out here. That should allow us to see who it is being scripted. I would guess that the line of code with a button in, the line above and the one below should be enough.

 

See your PM

 

Thanks for the code.

A key line I think is:

<applet code= "fphover.class" width= "120" height= "24 ">

That's Java. So the problem is with your Java virtual machine. I'd suggest installing the latest version of the Java engine from here

 

OK here are my results.
I went to the link and downloaded it, discovered I already had it installed so I did a "Modify" to repair it. Went back to the site in question, no good, same results. Went to Control Panel / Add and Remove / removed the Java program and did a test on my MS Java. Everything OK. Went back to the site in question and all is well, all buttons worked perfectly. One Java program blocked the other. Now that it is working I am no longer thinking about formatting. Thanks for the help.

 

Well done Mojo. Glad I was of some help.