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Using the behavior actions that come with Dreamweaver

The behavior actions included with Dreamweaver have been written to work in all releases of Netscape Navigator 4, and in Internet Explorer 4.0 and later. (Netscape Navigator 5 was never released externally; Netscape Navigator 6 has not yet been released at the time of this writing.)

Note: The Dreamweaver actions have been carefully written to work in as many browsers as possible. If you remove code from a Dreamweaver action by hand, or replace it with your own code, you may lose cross-browser compatibility.

Although the Dreamweaver actions were written to maximize cross-browser compatibility, some actions do not work in older browsers. Also, some browsers do not support JavaScript at all, and many people who browse the Web keep JavaScript turned off in their browsers. For best cross-platform results, provide alternative interfaces enclosed in noscript tags so that people without JavaScript can still use your site.

Refer to the following table for details on how actions work in specific pre-4.0 versions of Navigator and Internet Explorer. For an explanation of what each action does and how to choose options for it, click the action name.

	Macintosh		Windows
Action	Netscape Navigator 3.0	Internet Explorer 3.0x	Netscape Navigator 3.0	Internet Explorer 3.01
Call JavaScript	OK	Fails without error	OK	OK
Change Property	OK	Fails without error	OK	OK
Check Browser	OK	Fails without error	OK	OK
Check Plugin	OK	Fails without error	OK	OK
Control Shockwave or Flash	OK	Fails without error	OK	Fails without error
Drag Layer	Fails without error	Fails without error	Fails without error	Fails without error
Go to URL	OK	Fails without error	OK	OK
Jump Menu	OK	Fails without error	OK	Fails without error
Jump Menu Go	OK	Fails without error	OK	Fails without error
Open Browser Window	OK	Fails without error	OK	OK
Play Sound	OK	Fails without error	OK	Fails without error
Popup Message	OK	Fails without error	OK	OK
Preload Images	OK	Fails without error	OK	Fails without error
Set Nav Bar Image	OK	Fails without error	OK	Fails without error
Set Text of Frame	OK	Fails without error	OK	OK
Set Text of Layer	Fails without error	Fails without error	Fails without error	Fails without error
Set Text of Status Bar	OK	Fails without error	OK	OK
Set Text of Text Field	OK	Fails without error	OK	OK
Show-Hide Layers	Fails without error	Fails without error	Fails without error	Fails without error
Swap Image	OK	Fails without error	OK	Fails without error
Swap Image Restore	OK	Fails without error	OK	Fails without error
Go to Timeline Frame Play Timeline and Stop Timeline	Image source animation and invoking behaviors work, but layer animation fails without error	Fails without error	Image source animation and invoking behaviors work, but layer animation fails without error	Fails without error
Validate Form	OK	Fails without error	OK	OK