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Displaying a website using a URL (iFrame)

You can enter the URL of a website in an HTML container. When the document is executed in MicroStrategy Web, the HTML is retrieved from the website. This type of HTML container is an iFrame, which is an HTML element allowing one HTML document to be embedded inside another.

In Design View in both MicroStrategy Developer and MicroStrategy Web, the website's URL is displayed within the HTML container.

HTML containers in MicroStrategy Web

When you display the document in Express Mode, Editable Mode, or Interactive Mode in MicroStrategy Web, the website is displayed within the borders of the HTML container. For example, an HTML container can use a URL to display the MicroStrategy Resource Center website.

In Flash Mode, the website is not displayed. Instead, the website's URL is displayed within the HTML container.

URLs that point to the same MicroStrategy Web Server as the one that you are using are not supported. This prevents you from opening the same URL to avoid an infinite loop.

HTML containers in PDF and Excel

In PDF View in MicroStrategy Developer, and when the document is exported to PDF or Excel, the contents of the web page are retrieved. The text is displayed, without any of the formatting from the HTML tags on the web page. The formatting is determined by the formatting of the HTML container, not the HTML within it.

For example, the URL www.example.org displays this web page in Interactive Mode in MicroStrategy Web:

You have reached this web page by typing "example.com", "example.net", or "example.org" into your web browser.

These domain names are reserved for use in documentation and are not available for registration. See RFC 2606, Section 3.

In PDF View in MicroStrategy Developer, the website from the same URL displays as:

You have reached this web page by typing "example.com", "example.net", or "example.org" into your web browser.

These domain names are reserved for use in documentation and are not available for registration. See RFC 2606, Section 3.

To insert an HTML container that uses a URL

  1. Open the document in the Document Editor. How?

  2. Do one of the following:

    • Click the HTML Container icon on the toolbar.

    • From the Insert menu, select HTML Container.

  3. On the Layout area, click and drag in the position in which to insert the HTML container.

  4. From the Format menu, select Properties. The Properties dialog box opens.

  5. On the General tab, select iFrame for the HTML type.

  6. In the iFrame Source field, type the URL of the website.

    The text "http://" is already automatically filled in, but you can edit or remove it.

  7. Click OK to return to the document.

The URL is displayed in the HTML container in Design View. To view the URL's website, you must view the document in Express Mode, Editable Mode, or Interactive Mode in MicroStrategy Web.

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