file-protocol

IE7 and XMLfiles on file system

I'm loading a XML file via Ajax using jQuery. For my tests, I use a file on my file system. It seems all is fine in other browsers but the response headers got by IE has no content-type header. So I get a parsererror. (The XML is valid, I checked it (twice).) How can I bypass this problem ? ...

Pass arguments when using the File protocol

I found this question being asked on several places on the internet (including the File protocol MSDN page) but no clear answer. So, if I am calling my application like this: file://c:\myapp.exe is there any way to pass it some command line arguments, like /nospashscreen=true Things I've tried: file://c:\myapp.exe?/nospashscreen=tru...

How to call a JavaScript function from one frame to another in Chrome/Webkit with file protocol

I have developed an application that has a list of items in one frame; when one clicks on an item it does something in another frame (loads an image). This used to work fine in all browsers, including Chrome 3; now it still works fine in Firefox but in recent versions of Chrome (I believe since 4) it throws this error: Unsafe JavaSc...