Here's official reference and software developer resources for Dynamic HTML (DHTML) as supported by the newest Microsoft Internet Explorer browser technology. The text provides A-Z documentation of the elements, objects, properties, events, and methods for the DHTML and CSS object models, along with an incisive overview of important new capabilities in Internet Explorer 5. This essential print reference, coupled with the Internet Explorer 5 Software Development Kit (SDK) on CD-ROM, makes this title the one-stop, must-have resource for developers looking to achieve dynamic new effects on the Web. The content in this book updates the DHTML information in the Microsoft Visual InterDev(r) Web Technologies Reference, updated for Internet Explorer 5.
This Microsoft title is a definitive reference guide to developing applications that take advantage of the dynamic HTML (DHTML) features of Microsoft Internet Explorer 5. It is short on tutorial material but offers a very detailed programmer's reference to DHTML. However, readers should be familiar with Microsoft VBScript and JScript to make the most of it.
In the front of the book is an extremely brief 22-page overview of the benefits of DHTML. It covers the evolution of features through the releases of Internet Explorer and includes a table that illustrates the compatibility and features side by side. This section also points out the new IE5 features: DHTML behaviors, persistence, HTML Applications (HTAs), the ability to query client capabilities, and various other architectural features.
The meat of the book is the DHTML reference section. Here, DHTML objects, properties, events, methods, and collections are documented in separate sections. Short code examples accompany many of the entries, and the conventions closely follow other Microsoft documentation. Following this lengthy section is a reference to HTML Components, categorized into elements, events, methods, and objects. Appendices cover HTML Applications, tables, filters, and transitions.
A companion CD-ROM includes the complete IE5 Software Development Kit (SDK), code examples, technical articles, and a copy of IE5. If you're just starting out with DHTML, you should look elsewhere for a tutorial; if you're already coding it for IE5 and want horse's-mouth documentation, this is for you. --Stephen W Plain
