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rry2k

rry2k

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I am helping our church build a website and when I am at my friends house who is doing the graphics I can't view source on his computer. I have never seen this happen and can't understand why. It should be pretty simple you just go to the browser and select view and source. But on his machine when I select view there is no menu selection for source. He is using MSN for an ISP if it makes a difference.

Thanks..Russ
 
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Try to save the page to a temporary folder and from there open in a regular text editor.
graphics, Scripts and CSS should get copied to the folder when you save the page.


From there you'll see what's actually downloaded to a users computer.




grtfercho çB^]\..
"Imagination is more important than Knowledge" A. Einstein
 
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Sorry I guess I wasn't clear. There is no source option in the view menu no matter what page is open in the browser.
 
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Ok. can you go to "file" > "Save As.."?

if you can. just use that option to save the page and then use windows explorer to get to the file and open it with textpad, notepad, dreamweaver or any text editor.


have you tried right click and then "view source"?

grtfercho çB^]\..
"Imagination is more important than Knowledge" A. Einstein
 
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Cool the infamous right click, I bet that will work, Thanks alot.
 
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There is a bug in IE 5.5 whereas the view source option gets greyed out. Close ALL browsers and open a fresh one. Sorry, usually I am prepared with a link to Micrsoft with the reference.

DeZiner
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Remember that amateurs built the Ark.
Professionals built the Titanic
 
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You might have accidently used in your code this little-known tag:

Code: 
<body SourceVisible=&quot;false&quot;>

Gotta be careful there...

Cheers,


[monkey] Edward [monkey]

&quot;Cut a hole in the door. Hang a flap. Criminy, why didn't I think of this earlier?!&quot; -- inventor of the cat door
 
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EdwardMartinIII :

What exactly is that tag supposed to do? I've never seen or heard of it, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. However, I tried it and it made no difference to viewing source or right clicking (IE 5.5).

DeZiner
Never be afraid to try something new.
Remember that amateurs built the Ark.
Professionals built the Titanic
 
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I've had a similar problem when my temporary internet files were too full, try deleting them and see what happens...

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build better and bigger idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. - Rich Cook
 
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DeZiner: What exactly is that tag supposed to do?

make you chuckle. [lol]

theocraticmind: it doesn't exist. I'm 99% sure.

Oh, feel free to be 100% sure! [smile]

It belongs to a class of tags including <bot></bot> (Boss Ordered This) which are very real-sounding yet nonexistent tags.

I meant it as a small joke, but it may have spun awry.

Cheers,


[monkey] Edward [monkey]

&quot;Cut a hole in the door. Hang a flap. Criminy, why didn't I think of this earlier?!&quot; -- inventor of the cat door
 
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Sorry Edward, It went over my head! I'm LMAO now though!

[hammer][lol]

DeZiner
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Remember that amateurs built the Ark.
Professionals built the Titanic
 
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Hey EdwardMartin,
That is somewhat related to a similar CSS tag...

.htmcomedian { funny: false;
relevant-post: 0;
}

LOL, Just kidding...

but seriously,
rryt2k.... I don't believe that there is an option in IE to disable the ability to view source... Your best option would be to follow the previous postings and save the page(s) to your hard drive and then right click and choose view source.

Good Luck...



 
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right click and view source did the trick. Thank you for all the great responses.
 
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