Set images to dynamically resize based on window

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November 6, 2009
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Just wondering if this is possible, and 'easy' to do within robohelp, or if I need to hard code a dynamic resize in the HTML code.

Some images we have are a bit difficult to view because they are resized so heavily from a full sized screen shot. I would like to set the images up so when a user resizes the window the image will also become bigger, and when a user makes the window smaller then the window will shrink.

any ideas?

thanks.

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Nick27Author

Inspiring

Solved. just incase any one else comes across this.

Well, the main cause for this questions was an issue with re-sized images not displaying clearly in some browsers and on some monitors.

I've found the reason.

When capturing images in robocapture and resizing them, the quality was being lost. So instead I was using photoshop to resize, and even though the final product looked fine on my machine, it wasn't the case on many many others.

This was because when opening a GIF in photoshop the color (set under Image > Mode) was being set to Indexed, not RGB. Once set to RGB and resized, the quality is maintained and things look much better now.

thankfully I can make a quick batch file to resize all the files correctly and using RGB.

brialliant. no need for pop ups or drop-down options, and printed docs will still be easy to produce.

thanks.

Peter Grainge

Community Expert

Generally speaking, JPGs resize better than GIFs. Also try the resize tool in the RH toolbox. That resizes better than the resize if you access Image Properties.

See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

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RoboWizard

Inspiring

Hi there

You might consider creating a thumbnail version and inserting that. Then create popups that display the full sized version if the user clicks the thumbnail.

Either popups or DHTML drop-downs should work.

Cheers... Rick