internet-explorer

opening a URL in new tab

Is there a way to open a URL in a new tab (in IE) from a cpp application without using DDE or shell execute ?? ...

Tiled Image for background of DIV is making IE sllllowww when scrolling

Take a look at http://www.pmverge.com at the "We're in Bootstrap Mode" DIV on the right-hand side. Having that background tile image is causing the IE browser (all versions) to drag when scrolling. What can I do to keep that tiled style but not have it slow down IE. background-image: url(http://blog.pmverge.com/assets/images/backgroun...

Access Denied in JQuery.1.4 hosted by Google or my own domain!?

Hi, I'm currently working on a website for a client and I'm getting a strange error in Internet Explorers of all ages. The site loads with no problems except for a permission denied error inside my JQuery. Stranger still, the error occurs even hosted on my own domain OR if its hosted by Google. At the moment its hosted by me. The dev ...

Internet explorer cannot display the webpage ?

Hi guys, i have one application that is deployed in IIS at Remote Desktop. if i access that application from local system i am getting "Internet explorer cannot display the webpage" and it is running fine in Remote Desktop but not in Local system. any solution why? Regards kumar ...

Rounded corners on Divs. Problem with Internet Explorer only!

Has anybody experienced any problems with creating rounded corners on Divs? I am using the jQuery plugin from http://jquery.malsup.com/corner/ The problem is that the top corners are not rounding in Internet Explorer. Works fine with Firefox! Anybody got any advice? Here's my code: <script type="text/javascript"> $(document)...

IE6 https security message appearing after closing jQuery colorbox overlay

I am working on a secure site, https. I am using the colorbox jquery plugin to iframe another page from the same site over the current content. In IE6 when i close the colorbox overlay i get the following message: "This page contains both secure and nonsecure items. Do you want to display the nonsecure items?" Any ideas why this is ...

Key strokes in wpf window hosted in MFC ActiveX running in Internet Explorer

We have an MFC ActiveX control created in Visual Studio 2008 with CLR support which creates a WPF grid and shows a WPF window within that grid. This ActiveX is hosted within Internet Explorer and it shows up and works nicely except that the tab key, backspace, function keys etc. does not work since they are handeled by IE instead of th...

Remove IE login prompt by VB6?

Hi. I'm writing a program where an user can enter list of URLs to load and the program cycles through the URLs to load them in an IE instance one after another, like a website slideshow. The problem is that when I enter an URL that requires some membership verification then IE shows the login prompt and practically freezes the IE window...

What is the maximum allowed size of a URL for a GET request in IE8?

What is the maximum allowed size of a URL for a GET request in IE8? I have a url that is ~7700 characters that works on all browsers except IE. ...

CloseHandler<Window> and Window.ClosingHandler() working differently in IE

It seems that CloseHandler and Window.ClosingHandler() are not working or are not triggering the events in the same way under IE as opposed to Firefox. Window.addWindowClosingHandler(new Window.ClosingHandler() { @Override public void onWindowClosing(ClosingEvent event) { ...

IE 6&7 Hanging When Opening New Window

I've got a real interesting situation. I have an existing web app that runs on a number of desktops fine. On a few desktops I see the following behavior: Upon clicking a link that opens up a new window (to another URL in the same domain) the IE window freezes and IE needs to be killed. This happens on IE 6 & 7. When using Fiddler I s...

sIFR problem in IE document.defaultView.getComputedStyle

I have sIFR 3 r436 working perfectly in all browsers except IE. IE throws 2 errors. The first is: 'document.defaultView.getComputedStyle' is null of not an object This is on the sifr.js file The second is: 'sIFR' is null or not an object This one is happening I think due to the fact that the sifr.js script is failing in it's load. Has...

Visual Studio Stop Debugging on IE Close - WebSite?

Hi all, Would like to know if there is a setting anywhere which causes debugging to automatically stop when IE closes, and also if there is a way for this to work the other way around and IE to close if debugging stops. I know that this works when the project type I'm working on is a 'Web Application', I'd like to know if the same func...

Neither IE or Firefox respects the control values that are output

I'm writing a survey designer asp.net mvc. It has buttons to move questions up and down. The buttons post the whole form back and the affected questions are swapped on the server. When the form returns the only thing that is changed are the values for each survey question. Both firefox and IE seem to ignore this change. Nothing is...

get rid of red X in IE for non-existing images

I have a 3rd website (Confluence) which references images which are secured by a login. If the current user is logged in the image is shown if not the image url would redirect to a login form. Example <img src="secure/myimage.gif" /> When you enter this url in the browser a redirect to the login page is done. The problem now: IE sh...

how to set httpheaders in asp.net mvc

I need to set http header for disabling ie (7-8) caching (it disturbs my ajax functionallity). I've tried inserting this code to the head of my site.master with no result - <META HTTP-EQUIV="Pragma" CONTENT="no-cache"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Expires" CONTENT="-1"> How and where can I set the HTTP headers? or do you have a better solutio...

How to practically customize IE context menu?

I need to add one menu item in IE context menu. It is similar with Google customized context menu "Search Google for xxx" when you right click on IE. I did a research and found that overriding IDocHostUIHandler::ShowContextMenu in a IE BHO can customized IE context menu. The sample project can be found in Popup blocker project published...

In what situations does Flash / SWF misbehave in different browsers?

Hi, Recently I had some issues with Flash in IE, involving a SWF which is something like a gallery. In Firefox its loads perfectly, but in IE it doesn't work properly sometimes. The first time it is loaded its works fine but when I refresh all the images are blank. The image data came from XML. I wish to get some tips regarding the...

Detection of browser version in WPF

Is it possible to find out in what browser version a browser hosted application (XBAP) runs (eg. IE6, IE7 or IE8)? I want to find out the browser version from within the XBAP. ...

Overriding previously set float using javascript in ie

I've read this question to figure out how to set float:none on an element which already has float:right set with class. I used element.style.cssFloat = "none", but this just added a new style property cssFloat which didn't over-ride the existing float:right. I've now fixed it using the adding/removing classes method. But is there a way...