HTML File Format
Introduction
This article contains information about creating and using HTML-Files for the HTML-Control and not for the briefing.
If you want to write a Briefing.html use this link.
The diffrent Parts
Each HTML-File contains diffrent parts.
The file body
Each HTML-File has values to build a 'body'. For our purpose a valid body look like this:
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type"
content="text/html; charset=windows-1250">
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="ofp">
<title>PageTitle</title>
</head>
<body>
<! --- This is a comment line --->
<! --- between <body> and </body> you will have to insert your sections --->
</body>
</html>
Sections
For the HTML-Control you have to define at least one section but you can have multiple.
- Section start
- <a name="Sectionname"></a>
- Section ends
- <hr>
The first section will be shown in the HTML-Control at startup or if you load a HTML-File with the htmlLoad script command. So a valid section will look like this:
<p><a name="FirstOne">First Section</a></p>
<p>This is the text to display in this section.
You can write a lot of text here. Even more the size of the control can display!</p>
<hr>
Paragraphs
Text must be written in paragraphs. A Paragraph holds logical text together and defines the default formating of the text. You have seen the normal paragraph tag in the example of the section above. Like (nearly) all in HTML-Files it has a start and an end tag. There are some diffrent tags you can use. The default one is 'p'.
- Start Tag
- <p>
- End Tag
- </p>
The other ones are:
- <h1> </h1>
- <h2> </h2>
- <h3> </h3>
- <h4> </h4>
- <h5> </h5>
- <h6> </h6>
You can define a diffrent font and size to each of this paragraph types. This is done in the definition of the HTML-Control.
Paragraphs Attributes
<p align="center"></p>
Comments
Comments will not be displayed. You should use comments to make your file more readable. A comment line starts with '<!' and ends with '>'. You must use both tags within the same line. You should not use comments within paragraphs.
- Example:
<! --- This is a comment line --->
Tags
LineBreak
Within paragraphs the control will show your text without any new line you wrote in your HTML-File. A new line is parsed like a 'sapce'. But you can use the '<br>' (break) tag, to tell the parser you want to continue the following text on a new line. This tag is a standalone tag.
It doesn't have a start and end tag.
- NewLine Tag
- <br>
- Example:
<p>All this text is displayed
on one line. Even there is a linebreak in the Html-File</p>
<p>After a LineBreak Tag <br>
there will be a new line.</p>
Bold Text
<b></b>
Links
<a href="#Sectionname"></a>
Images
<img src="Image.paa" width="150" height="100">
Special Chars
- For '<' use '<' (lessthan).
- For '>' use '>' (greaterthan).
- For '&' use '&'.
--HeliJunkie 20:15, 27 November 2008 (CET) not completed