ALT = possibilities? Can the ALT = html be coded to recordset?

[ziggs]

So, if you add "ALT = Any text here" to the html code for a gif that displays on your web page, you obviously get "Any text here" popping up when a user's mouse stops over that particular picture. Now, I was looking at an application today and I noticed that when a user stops their cursor over a field, a pop up window would appear that populated all of the choices for that particular field. Thus, you would see all the possibilities. For example, a color field would show you red, blue, green, etc.

Is there anyway to add to same possibilities to an ASP output page? I tried adding something like alt= <%rs(&quot;IM_Color&quot%> but that didn't work. Any ideas how to populate items in an open recordset?

Thanks

 

[foxbox]

This works:
I like <q title=&quot;Apple, Banana and Kiwi&quot;>fruit</q>.

[under IE, i'm not sure about Netscape].


Another approach:

http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/webtools/tooltip.htm

And i especcially love this:

http://www.guild.ex.ac.uk/web/tutorials/popups/layers.htm

br
Gerard

 

[HotMadras]

The ASP code you describe is purely a substitution into the current document, so wherever it goes (in the alt attribute or anywhere else) it should work.

Try this:

<img src=&quot;yourimage.gif&quot; alt=&quot;<%=rs(&quot;yourdbfield&quot;)%>&quot;>

I suspect the lack of &quot;'s and an equals sign is probably what broke it for you the first time.