You can enter the URL of a website in an HTML container. When the document is executed in MicroStrategy Web, the HTML code is retrieved from the website. This type of HTML container is an iFrame, which is an HTML element allowing one HTML document to be embedded inside another.
Note: In Design View in Desktop and Design Mode MicroStrategy Web, the website’s URL is displayed within the HTML container.
When you display the document in Express Mode, Editable Mode, or Interactive Mode in MicroStrategy Web, the website is displayed within the borders of the HTML container. For example, an HTML container can use a URL to display the MicroStrategy Resource Center website.
In Flash Mode, the website is not displayed. Instead, the website’s URL is displayed within the HTML container.
Note: URLs that point to the same MicroStrategy Web Server as the one that you are using are not supported. This prevents you from opening the same URL to avoid an infinite loop.
In PDF View in Desktop, and when the document is exported to PDF or Excel, the contents of the web page are retrieved. The text is displayed without any of the formatting from the HTML code on the web page. The formatting is determined by the formatting of the HTML container, not the HTML code within it.
For example, the image below shows the URL www.example.org as it is displayed in Interactive Mode in MicroStrategy Web:
The image below shows the same website in PDF View in Desktop:
Open a document in Design or Editable Mode.
Do one of the following:
Click the
HTML Container icon 
on the toolbar.
From the Insert menu, select HTML Container.
On the Layout area, click and drag in the position in which to insert the HTML container.
Right-click the HTML container and select Properties and Formatting. The Properties and Formatting dialog box opens.
Select iFrame for the HTML type.
In the iFrame
Source field, type the URL of the website.
Note: The text "http://" is already automatically
filled in, but you can edit or remove it.
Click OK to save your changes and to close the Properties and Formatting dialog box.
The URL is displayed in the HTML container in Design Mode. To view the URL’s website, you must view the document in Express Mode, Editable Mode, or Interactive Mode.
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