browser

Call program from within a browser without using a webserver

Hi, Is there a way to call a program (Python script) from a local HTML page? I have a YUI-colorpicker on that page and need to send its value to a microcontroller via rs232. (There is other stuff than the picker, so I can't code an application instead of an HTML page.) Later, this will migrate to a server, but I need a fast and easy so...

Is there a way to detect cancelled download?

Let's say I have a Spring MVC web application and it allows users to download a file. An email is sent at the same time as the file is sent to the user. Is there a way to detect cancelled download so I could send the email only if the download has been successful? ...

System.Web.UI.WebControls.Panel rendered as table in IE8

I have an oldish asp.net app. That is behaving differently in IE8 then IE7, even in IE7 compatiblity mode. The app contains several User Controls that make use of the System.Web.UI.WebControls.Panel, it seems to me that IE8(inc 7 mode) render the panel as tables, but in IE7 they are rendered as divs. Seems to me that ASP.Net is not ide...

HTML form values and 'Back' button.

How can one retain HTML form info when hitting the back button? Is this a default HTML or Browser behavior? Or is it Browser dependent? ...

How to clear browser cache with php?

How to clear browser cache with php? ...

How can I update the status messages in Firefox from any thread?

I encountered a problem with updating the status message on Firefox from a Plugin code. As the documentation says calling NPN_Status works only when called from the main thread. My requirement is to update the status from any thread within the Firefox process. Any help would be appreciated! ...

Can the browserCaps web.config section be ignored by asp.net/iis?

Can IIS/ASP.net ignore the browserCaps section in a web.config? I have an app that on testing servers and dev environment IE8 is reported correctly - but in deployment IE8 is not recognised and content is rendedered "downlevel"..... do settings in web.config conflict with browsers.ini? ...

How to flash web browser's window using JS

In a web app that I am writing there is web page (dashboard) which gets refreshed every 10 seconds. On refresh if there is any new data then I have to draw users attention. According to me the only possible solution for this is to draw users attention by flashing browser's window. So if browser's window is not the active window then th...

Print webpage with background images and colors?

Hello How can i print a webpage exactly how it looks like -- I mean with background images and colors? (In IE) Best Zeesahn ...

Browser Settings/Capabilities Test Page

We have a client that says that our dhtml menus dont show up at all. Are there any pages out there that test for browser configuration problems such as having javascript disabled, cookies disabled etc and advises user on how to fix issues? ...

How to download multiple files with one HTTP request?

Use case: user clicks the link on a webpage - boom! load of files sitting in his folder. I tried to pack files using multipart/mixed message, but it seems to work only for Firefox This is how my response looks like: HTTP/1.0 200 OK Connection: close Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:41:40 GMT Content-Type: multipart/mixed;boundary=AMZ90RFX875L...

How do I change the browser width/height in jQuery?

Can't figure this out for the life of me. Google is no help either. I'm sure its super easy. ...

How does browser search tool work on web page?

I am trying to figure out how the search tool in a web browser is being able to parse through the entire web page(assuming huge content on a page) and highlight the result as we type. Does it pre-cache the page while loading in a map or use regex to get a quick result on the fly? ...

Why is IE7 so slow compared to Safari?

I have a large "grid" of data that takes about 40 seconds to generate and dump as plain text. If I wrap the text with html table formatting (with fixed td widths) it takes over 200 seconds to completely display in IE7, and under a minute to display in Safari. Small "grids" display in under 5 seconds in either browser, so I don't think ...

Detecting if a browser is in full screen mode

Is there any way of reliably detecting if a browser is running in full screen mode? I'm pretty sure there isn't any browser API I can query, but has anyone worked it out by inspecting and comparing certain height/width measurements exposed by the DOM? Even if it only works for certain browsers I'm interested in hearing about it. ...

[Web] Strange Google StreetView Internet Explorer warning.

Hi all, I have a small problem with a SWT.Browser widget who throws a quite puzzling alert. I tried to test the Google StreetView API in a browser so I made this page (actually I did not make anything, juste pasted it from Google's snippet.) and I get the following message : (Puzzling, ain't it ?)My code is very simple (here it is) p...

what is the purpose of Offline mode in a web browser?

What is actually the purpose of offline mode. does it somehow manages the caching system of the browser. or it just skips the host resolution part, dont know for what. what probably the designer had in mind, when he developed the offline mode feature. ...

How to display HTML using .NET in an interactive way.

What I basically want to do is take some HTML and display it in a way that when you mouse over any element, the application can parse the HTML I'm pointing to. I want to do this with C#/.NET Framework. Using IE is fine in my project and I'll want to basically edit the HTML so that when i hover over a table for instance, the table's bor...

Where can I get browser use data broken down by country?

I've seen plenty of sites that provide data on which browsers and versions of those browsers are most popular on the web today, but I'm curious about whether certain countries are more enriched in a specific browser than others. I am on a project now, and the PM seems to think that IE6 is the most prevalent platform in the parts of corp...

ajax requests when navigating in browser

Hi. I have a web page which perform several ajax request and is modified, all ajax request are cached on the page. Then user clicks some link and performs the synchronous request to another page. Then user clicks "back" button of the browser. All data which was previously loaded via ajax is lost. Is it possible to restore the page state ...