internet-explorer

How can you tell if a user choose not to install a plug in?

Hi all, I am not sure the user is going to install the plug in. They can choose not to install. I need to know information like, install complete, or the user choose not to install. Any ideas? Thanks, Grae ...

Sinking DWebBrowserEvents2 events appears to hang programmatic navigation

I posted this question on the MSDN forums, but my experience has been a better quality of answer here on Stack Overflow, so I'm posting here as well. As I've posted several times before, I'm working on a browser automation framework, automating Internet Explorer from an external process. My architecture is as follows: I have a server whi...

Automatic Proxy Configuration

I have a PAC file on my server with the following code: function FindProxyForURL(url, host) { return "PROXY proxy.example.com:8080; DIRECT"; } According to the WIKI page here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_auto-config, this means that "should this proxy fail to respond, the browser contacts the website directly, without using...

VBScript - Unable to trap IE Settings - Security - Trusted Sites in Windows Registry

Hi, I'm trying to trap the registry keys for the following IE settings. Here's how you get there, a. Open IE and navigate to Internet Options - Settings - Trusted Sites b. Click button - "Custom Level" c. In window - "Security Settings - Trusted Site Zones", I'm trying to update the checkboxes (i.e. set to "Enable") 1. Binary and scri...

How to display XML file in IE

I've installed Internet Explorer 9 beta version. In thisd i can not display xml file(Its not showing any thing) . How to make it visible in IE9 beta? ...

IE 8 crashes instead of opening debug dialog on encountering "_asm int 3;" in the dll code

I wanted to set breakpoint in the dll code so I introduced the statement "_asm int 3;". IE is supposed to open a dialog box saying that an unexpected exception has occured, and whether to close or debug. But it simply cuts down the window. The dll is a _Debug version not _Release version. Another thing I noticed is that using the "debug...

How to remove 3D border in IE8 with DOCTYPE XHTML?

The problem: Here is what I do body { border: 0; } as was suggested here: Removing border from WebBrowser control But this only works when we use the following doctype: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> When doctype is changed to <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"> ...

How can i select a IE tab from its handle

I have the Internet Explorer Handle and i have the tab Handle that i want to select. How can i select this tab? I know how to select a tab by Index (Using IEAccessible), but i can't get the tabIndex from the handle. The Spy++ doesn't sort them in order. ...

Facebook Login with FB.ui not loading in IE8

I'm trying to use a facebook FB.ui() call with the stream.publish method. Everything works fine in Firefox, Chrome, Safari. However, in Internet Explorer I get a connection problem. It seems to be the same error you would get when internet connection is down. Attached is a screenshot of the error. Any ideas why this isn't working in IE?...

Strange IE error - between JavaScript global variable and element with name attribute

I tested the following code in IE6, IE7 and IE8 with the same result: <a name="cd"/>a</a> <script> try { cd = new Date; } catch(e) { alert(e); } </script> In all cases an error is thrown. However using var cd = new Date; seems to solve the problem. D...

HTML <base> TAG and local folder path with Internet Explorer

Hi I am trying to use < base> TAG to indicate the source folder containing the media files for my html pages located in separate folder. I have the following folder structure: A |- HTML_PAGES (contains html files) |- MEDIA_FOLDER (contains the media used by this html pages) I try to indicate the html files with the medi...

How to run an IE specific web page on a mac/iPad???

I have to use a real estate MLS program called http://www.mlxchange.com/ It was specifically designed for Internet Explorer versions 6.0 or greater. Is there any way to run this website on my MacBook or iPad without having to use a virtual machine? I have already tried changing the user agent to IE on firefox and safari without any ...

jquery.browser giving false positives

I want to exclude some code from browsers earlier than ie8, but I am failing at the first hurdle. at present, my code should only detect if it is IE at all, but it doesn't $.each(jQuery.browser, function(i, val) { if (i!='msie'){ notIE = true; } }); ...

What might cause this background "fade" in IE8?

Anybody have any idea what might cause this in IE8? The background is meant to be a solid blue, but as you can see it's not. This is not on my machine and I've been unable to reproduce it, but one of my clients is getting it: More details: The background is using a png (which it doesn't strictly need to as it's a solid colour, but it...

CSS - IE don't get the margin-bottom from the last div

Hi. I've a container, where i have some divs : header, content, footer (as a standart application). this is the structure : <body> <div> <div id="ROOT" > <div id="ROOT_0" > Header </div> <div id="ROOT_1" > Content </div> <div ...

100% height container is pushed out of IE viewport by absolute positioning

The following behaves exactly as I expect it to in Firefox and Safari, but the solution for Internet Explorer eludes me. The Issue: Non-IE browsers show the container properly pushed away from the sides of the viewport. IE however, maintains a strict 100% height on the container (presumably based on a parent of that container) and inste...

jquery: Embedding font face with jquery?

Hi, As far as I know that embedding font face is only possible with CSS3 (CSS2 but not CSS2.1), and not all browsers are ready for it yet, particularly IE (unless IE9?)... I wonder if it is possible to use jquery to embed font face? any idea how can I start the code? or any plugin which can do this job? Thanks ...

Why is the Back button broken in Internet Explorer for a PHP application but works in every other browser?

I have a PHP application that works well in every browser except Internet Explorer. The application generates reports based on MySQL data. Certain fields of each report are clickable and will redirect the user to another page/report after POST using the PHP header() call. In Safari, Firefox, Opera, etc. when the user clicks the Back b...

Absolute positioned link on top of Flash doesn't work in IE

Hi guys, I'm building a website using YouTube's chromeless player, but I'm facing an IE bug. I put a mask on the video as the client wanted it to be a hand drawn TV, so right now I have a transparent PNG sitting on top of the actual flash object so I'm able to see the video but with a nice frame around it. I also managed to put a play b...

this.parent.parent.removeChild(this.parent) not working in IE8

Hi, I am facing an issue because of removeChild method in javascript. I am using below code to remove a div tag. this.parent.parent.removeChild(this.parent). that code is working pretty fine in FF but it give me error in IE7/8. " Error: Object doesn't support this property or method ". is removeChild method is not supported in IE7/...