IE6 problem

Hi everyone,
I followed every step from this thtread to mimic the oracle apex bar, but I still have a problem.
Creating a DHTML Drop down
When I run my application in internet explorer 7, everything is fine.
When I run it in internet explorer 6, the menu in the blue bar on the top takes only half the height of the bar. Is there a way to fix that?
I want to keep internet explorer 6 because a lot of user are still using this version.
thanks
charles

Short of an exorcism, you could try looking through the IE6 CSS guide here:
http://sixrevisions.com/web-development/definitive-guide-to-taming-the-ie6-beast/
The browser seems to have some trouble with margins which is what you may be seeing.

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> AMTCS_GOD wrote:
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>> I have a problem that occurs with IE6 when a user
clicks on a button
>> within a flash player (Flash player file being
generated by Captivate
>> 1.0). The user is asked to click on some button on
the .swf
>> file begin displayed in the player.
>>
>> Should only be one click (standard left click of the
mouse
>> button) on the button.
>>
>> Our users are having to click twice, but only if the
button
>> is in the first frame. Also I have noticed that the
movie
>> jumps up a couple of pixels when the user first
clicks the play button
>> when using the embeded Captivate player control.
>>
>> WHY??? anybody have any suggestions of how to
correct
>> this???
>>
>> r/
>> Anthony Jackman
>> TEKsystems Inc.
>> Multimedia Developer
>> [email protected]
>>
>> Windows XP Pro
>> IE 6.0.29
>> Flash player 7.0 r19
>> Captivate 1.01.1418
>>

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