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HowTo: Build Outlook Like Bar seen on left hand...
<script language="JavaScript" src="crossbrowser.js" type="text/javascript">
</script>
<script language="JavaScript" src="outlook.js" type="text/javascript">
</script>

<SCRIPT>

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Example of howto: use Outlook Like Bar
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------


  //create OutlookBar-Object:
  //              Name
  //              x-position
  //              y-Position
  //              width
  //              height
  //              background-color
  //              page background-color (needed for OP5)
  //(screenSize object is created by 'crossbrowser.js')
  //

  var o = new createOutlookBar('Bar',0,0,screenSize.width,screenSize.height,'#606060','white') // OutlookBar
  var p

  //create first panel..
  p = new createPanel('al','Anwendungen');

  //add buttons:
  //             image name
  //             label text
  //             onClick JavaScript code
  //

  p.addButton('netm.gif','Netmanage','alert("NetM")');
  p.addButton('news.gif','News','alert("News")');
  p.addButton('word.gif','Word','alert("Word")');
  p.addButton('peditor.gif','Editor','alert("Editor")');
  p.addButton('mail.gif','Mail','alert("Mail")');
  o.addPanel(p);

  //create second panel...
  p = new createPanel('p','Postfächer');
  p.addButton('mail.gif','Mail 2','alert("Mail2")');
  p.addButton('peditor.gif','Personal<BR>Editor','alert("Personal Editor")');
  p.addButton('word.gif','Projekte','alert("Projekte")');
  p.addButton('news.gif','Adresse','alert("Adresse")');
  p.addButton('mail.gif','Postausgang','alert("Postausgang")');
  p.addButton('mail.gif','Posteingang','alert("Posteingang")');
  p.addButton('news.gif','Information aus<BR>erster Hand','alert("Infos")');
  p.addButton('peditor.gif','Gelbe Post','alert("Gelbe Post")');
  p.addButton('word.gif','Schreiben','alert("Schreiben")');
  o.addPanel(p);

  //create two empty panels...
  p = new createPanel('l','Leeres Panel');
  o.addPanel(p);

  p = new createPanel('l2','Leeres Panel 2');
  o.addPanel(p);

  o.draw();         //draw the Outlook Like Bar!


//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//functions to manage window resize
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//resize OP5 (test screenSize every 100ms)
function resize_op5() {
  if (bt.op5) {
    o.showPanel(o.aktPanel);
    var s = new createPageSize();
    if ((screenSize.width!=s.width) || (screenSize.height!=s.height)) {
      screenSize=new createPageSize();
      //need setTimeout or resize on window-maximize will not work correct!
      //benötige das setTimeout oder das Maximieren funktioniert nicht richtig
      setTimeout("o.resize(0,0,screenSize.width,screenSize.height)",100);
    }
    setTimeout("resize_op5()",100);
  }
}

//resize IE & NS (onResize event!)
function myOnResize() {
  if (bt.ie4 || bt.ie5 || bt.ns5) {
    var s=new createPageSize();
    o.resize(0,0,s.width,s.height);
  }
  else
    if (bt.ns4) location.reload();
}

</SCRIPT>

</head>
<!-- need an onResize event to redraw outlookbar after pagesize changes! -->
<!-- OP5 does not support onResize event! use setTimeout every 100ms -->
<body onLoad="resize_op5();" onResize="myOnResize();">