internet-explorer

set browser locale in Internet Explorer programmatically

Is there a way to set the Internet Explorer locale (accepted languages) programmatically. I have a small application which is embedding Internet Explorer and I would like to give the use the possibility to change the locale when clicking a simple button. Is there a way besides tweaking registry and calling SendMessageTimeout(HWND_BROA...

URL redirection: Server side redirection to a directory/folder in IE

Hi experts! I'm implementing a URL shortener like bit.ly. For this, I have a Java servlet backend which does a response.redirect(targetURL) for every redirection request. This works fine for HTTP requests, but I'm having a problem with file:// protocols. The problematic case is this: The target is a directory (such as file:///N:/somef...

Can I put a + sign in a folder with IIS?

I'm pretty sure this can't be done, but I'm looking for a hack or way to put a + in a folder name, like http://www.mysite.com/cats+dogs/Default.aspx I'm using IIS 7, and have tried creating a virtual directory to achieve this, and it didn't work. I am not allowed to put %2B in the explorer folder or virtual folder name. Any ideas how...

Iframe 3rd party cookie issue in interner explorer

I am building an ASP.NET 3.5 application in which I have a page which loads another page in a different domain in an iframe. Below is the for Default.aspx page: <asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="mainContent" runat="server"> <iframe src="isite.aspx" runat="server" width="100%" height="100%" scrolling="auto"> </if...

WatiN IE browser and local javascript files using file:/// protocol

Hi All, I'm currently using WatiN to run some javascript unit tests however everything works fine if I initialise the WatiN IE browser like this: Browser browser = new IE("http://localhost/Project/tests.hyml"); However, as soon as I try to initialise the browser with a file uri, i.e.: Browser browser = new IE("c:\\\\Projects\\Projec...

Javascript error in IE

A big thanks to anybody that can provide some help! If you go to http://gisnet2.cstx.gov/gisweb/base/baseBACKUP-11-10.HTM you'll find a map application written in javascript. If you click on the Identify tool in the floating window on the right, then click on the map, an info window will come up. Click around on the map (there's som...

IE jQuery ajax results in a stack overflow

I have the following code that in IE gives me an error in jQuery for "open(G,M.url,M.async" $("#submitButton").click(function(){ $.ajax({ type: "POST", url: "http://url.com/postChat.php", data: "comment="+$("#userInput").val(), success: function(msg){ } }); }); ...

How do I show divs in an IE print preview page that are programmatically hidden via javascript?

I have some divs on a page that are hidden via jquery when the page loads up. Then the user can hide and show them via button clicks. I have a button that opens up a print preview and media="print" stylesheet that the print preview uses. I want all the divs to show regardless of whether they are hidden or not when the print preview ...

PHP Form not working IE and Chrome, but fine in FF

<? if(isset($_POST['accountUser']) && isset($_POST['accountPassword'])) { include("dbase.php"); include("settings.php"); if ($_POST['accountType']=="member") { $database="chatusers"; } else if ($_POST['accountType']=="model") { $database="chatmodels"; } else if ($_POST['accountType']=="studioop") { ...

JQuery Rating Internet Explorer Problem.

Now if there is no vote casted yet my rating script will not work in Internet Explorer I would not be able to click the star and have its value entered into the database and displayed on the browser. But if there is one vote already casted the script will work in Internet Explorer perfectly. How can I fix this problem so that if there ...

prevent saving image from my site

hi I have restricted right clicking option in my web page , But IN IE it shows Icons to Save Image, print , mail etc . I want to remove all of these . IS it possible ?? Does any one help me Immediately ... ...

Javascript IE bug - inserting domain name into variable value?

In the "Find a Therapist" box on my site: http://www.rscpp.co.uk/ I show/hide other fields based on whether the user selects Face to Face, Telephone, Email, or leaves this unselected. I used to do this with: function showHideF2fOptions() { contact_method = document.therapist_search.contact_method.options[document.therapist_search.c...

How to make a Google Maps semi-transparent PNG tile layer work in IE8?

I tried the following new GTileLayer(null, _minZoom, _maxZoom, { isPng: true, opacity: 0.6 }); But in IE8, while the alpha opacity works, the pixels in the PNG that already had translucence they show a grey color and standard opacity. I have noticed also that PNG files that contain alpha transparency and their transparency is not mod...

Blinking minimized browser

when my single IE instance is opened then minimized browser is blinking but while setting task bar property "Group similar task bar button" and if multiple IE instances opened then blinking is not working. i have written follwoing code for this.. Response.Write("<script language='javascript'>"); Response.Write("var oldTitle = document....

IE specific display error - jquery tabs

I'm using the Jquery tools tabs and all my tabs are working except for one specific page. It shows the tabs and the panes, except the last two panes show up below all of the tab panes - but only in IE (using 8) .. instructions to see the error: go here: http://racedayworld-com.si-eioswww3.com/event/list Login as: kevin.desilva@gma...

a span floated right within a div - why a new line in IE?

I have 1 span within a container div. I want the span floated to the right. The content within the div and the span should be on one line. In Firefox, that's how it displays. But in IE, the span is displayed on a new line: http://i48.tinypic.com/etzg5f.png Why do the browsers display the content differently? ...

Javascript behaviour difference between IE and Mozilla Firefox?

I have the following code which should update a label to say "please wait..", then run a function, and then update the label again to say it has completed: <asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Upload" onclientclick="document.getElementById('errorMessage').innerText='Please Wait...';" onc...

clicking on a div's scroll bar fires the blur event in I.E.

Hi, I have a div that acts like a drop-down. so it pops-up when you click a button and it allows you to scroll through this big list. So the div has a vertical scroll bar. The div is supposed to disappear if you click outside of the div, i.e. on blur. the problem is that when the user clicks on the div's scrollbar, IE wrongly fires ...

Using DOMContentReady considered anti-pattern by Google

A Google Closure library team member asserts that waiting for DOMContentReady event is a bad practice. The short story is that we don't want to wait for DOMContentReady (or worse the load event) since it leads to bad user experience. The UI is not responsive until all the DOM has been loaded from the network. So the prefe...

webpage has expired in ie7 no back button involved

Our legacy web app is an xml-xslt combo served by Tomcat. Recently we added some new features that includes psuedo popups. We have come across a very SPOOKY problem. In ie7 we see the "Web Page Has Expired error" for only a single page for this upgrade although the same feature is working in other pages. But hold on! The spooky part...