That darn tabbing issue....

Question

Hi Gang,
Using Cap 4 for an interactive CRM sim - lots of tabbing involved.  However, even after inserting the seamless tabbing line in the script - no good - it still grabs the browser.  Any ideas.  Copy of the script object section below.
writedocument('<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="1" height="1" align="middle"> \n'+
'        <param name=movie value="' + strURLBase + strExitFile + strURLParams + '">\n'+
'        <param name=quality value=high> \n'+
'        <param name=menu value=false> \n'+
' <param name="SeamlessTabbing" value="false">'+
'        <param name=loop value=0> \n'+
'        <embed src="' + strURLBase + strExitFile + strURLParams + '" pluginspage="https://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" quality=high type="application/x-shockwave-flash" name="Captivate" width="1" height="1" align="middle" swLiveConnect="true">\n'+
'        </embed>  \n'+
'      </object>');
Cheers,
Happy

Answer 1

Hey Cosmic,
I've been reading up on the CRT electrical issues... Some say that there is "probably" a (resistor?) that automatically discharges the CRT... but maybe not...
Yup there's supposed to be bleed resistors on the CRTs but sometimes they're defective.
One "easy fix" solution I read about was to get a power cord,.....This would thus ground the eMac, without allowing any power "in".
Sorry that's complete nonsense AFAIK. Read this:
http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/monfaq.htm#monsafd
The section on:
"Safe discharging of capacitors in TVs and video monitors"
When you do this make sure you ground to the frame of the eMac and not the heat sinks. (Did that, killed the Mac's high voltage driver chip dead!)
Here we're only worried about the anode voltage to the CRT and once grounded I use a clip lead to ground the anode to frame while I'm working on it.
I also generally ground any large capacitors I see even if they're low voltage ones.
On the other hand if you avoid touching any parts of the high voltage section that's also good practice. This even if you've grounded the anode. If you're installing a new optical drive you can easily do that. It's all on the opposite side.
Richard