Can't insert layer over a chart

[Guest]

I have a chart inside a layer and I want to add a layer on top of the chart
but the new layer is always behind the chart. It seems to be in front of the
layer CONTAINING the chart (it seems you can see the new layer between the
edge of the chart and the chart layer). I've changed the z-index for both
layers.

How do I do this?

 

[Ronx]

Is the chart a graphic or an Active-X (or Flash etc.) component? If
Active-X this will always be in the foreground.
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[Guest]

I don't think it's any of those things. I simply added a new layer and
inserted a web component / chart inside the layer.

Can you tell I'm BRAND new to FP?

 

[Mark Fitzpatrick]

Firt thing to realize though, you're not going to be able to do a lot of
things you think you should be able to do simply because HTML doesn't have
the same capabilities that other programs such as Word does. When trying to
put something on top of something, such as text on top of an image, it's
often just best to make a new image with the text already drawn on top of
the other image.

There are features called CSS positioning that let you do some of the things
a typical desinger wants to do, the problem is they don't work well across
all browsers and are really a more advanced item since you have to know a
lot more about how verious browser will render and interpret various
positioning elements.

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

 

[Ronx]

That would be an Active-X component. This will always be in the
foreground.
If the data is fixed for all time, take a screen dump of the chart
(Alt+PrtScn). Open your graphics editor and paste in the screen dump,
crop the image and save as .gif.
Import the .gif into FrontPage and use this as the chart - then z-index
manipulation will work as you would expect.

Rather than use layers (which will give problems) make the image a
background image for a container (table cell may be best) then add text
into the container - though this may not be the effect you are looking
for.

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