internet-explorer

Very strange JavaScript error in IE7

I am developing JavaScript chat. I have done the prototype, and it seems to work pretty well. But our client says that it doesn't work. We both use IE7 on PC, and try to run the same JavaScript code. I have no idea about the reason. On my client's machine there is "object is expected" error. I have thought about security restrictions, an...

IE Automation with Windows PowerShell

Hey all. I want to ask about manipulating IE via Powershell. My goal is to write script that will automatically perform some actions in the browser (on the client side – navigate to page, perform actions, measure time between responses, etc.) I have this little thing: $ie = new-object -com "InternetExplorer.Application" $ie.visible =...

Fix for background-position in IE

I get this problem in IE7 when running a piece of code that uses jquery and 2 jquery plugins. The code works in FF3 and Chrome. The full error is: Line: 33 Char: 6 Error: bg is null or not an object Code: 0 URL: http://localhost/index2.html However line 33 is a blank line. I am using 2 plugins: draggable and zoom. No matter what...

Flash OCX Error crashes IE6/7

Has anyone encountered this error before? I am trying to debug an issue for a client and can not seem to get anywhere with this. With a clear Internet cache I visit http://www.safcoproducts.com and almost every time (on first load) it crashes IE 6 and 7. This does not occur in FireFox. We have tested the same files on a different ser...

CSS not working in IE?

Been working on this site for some time now, works perfectly on Mac and PC Firefox, as well as Safari. However, IE is making the site almost blank - any ideas on what is going on? Any workarounds? Thank you in advance for your help! http://www.alliedprintingsolutions.com http://www.alliedprintingsolutions.com/style.css (Stylesheet) ...

File upload/download problems using Internet Explorer to a Sharepoint site

A cheeseburger to the first person who can help me make sense of this. I have a page in a Sharepoint app that uses Telerik's RadUpload to upload files. This has worked for months; last week it stopped working (in Internet Explorer, this detail is important). After talking with a co-worker about the problem, I tried the upload with Fir...

CSS to hide INPUT BUTTON value text

I am currently styling an input type='button' element using something like: background-url: url(someimage); color: transparent; background-color: transparent; -the point is i want the button to show as an image, and i want the value-text to NOT display on top of it. This works fine for Firefox as expected. However, on IE6 & IE7 i can ...

The webpage you are viewing is trying to close this window warning in Internet Explorer

Hi, i have a login page and if login is sucessfull,i open a homepage as popup.In IE 6.0,i dont come across a problem but IE.7.0 shows me an alert "The webpage you are viewing is trying to close this window.Do you want to close the window?".When i add the codes to hinder it,now IE 7.0 doesnt give me alert but IE 6.0 gives same problem.Ho...

How can I clear HTTP headers for AJAX GET calls?

I have developed a solution that relies on an AJAX call to retrieve information and update the client page every 10 seconds. This is working fine, but I am concerned at the scalability of the code, given the number and length of headers being passed from client to server and back again. I have removed a number of redundant headers on the...

How can I force a TD with no content to render its border?

The TD has a DIV inside which I removed using jQuery's fadeOut function, but when it finishes the border disappears too. I want to avoid that, is there any way other than adding a " " (which causes it to be ugly)? EDIT: I am using Internet Explorer (6 and 7) ...

How to stop flash content shine-through JQuery UI Dialog in FF Windows

I'm using the jQuery UI dialog box, in IE & FF on Windows I'm getting underlying flash content shining through the dialog box. I resolved this on IE by enabling the bgiframe option on the jQuery dialog window and changing the bgiframe script to apply to any windows browsers, however I'm still getting the shine-through on FF. Note that ...

Reflection Terminal Emulator - Integration with IE

I'm trying to implement some integration between a legacy app running in the Reflection Terminal Emulator and a browser-based app running in IE. I'm using Host Initiated Scripts so that maintenance and deployment issues are isolated to the legacy app. All scripts will be generated in the legacy app and transmitted to Reflection using e...

word wrap/break in FF help?

I am building new site FF and IE compliant...what is best way to have sentences wrap to fill container in firefox? This works in IE without any problem. Currently I am using the following doctype <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"&gt; thanks ...

IE & Firefox Problem

Dear All I am Using IETester for Checking the Multiple Version.Now If I need the Debug, Is there any Tools Available To Check the Script Error?in IE Similarly Is There any Equivalent Tool available for Firefox for checking multiple version in oneBox V1 v2 v3 etc .like IETester ...

padding a text input in IE... possible?

I have a text input with a search buton absolute positioned over it... to make space for the button I used some padding to keep the text from going under the button, which is fine, it works in firefox, but not IE. In fact... It doesn't seem like padding on text inputs works at all in IE. They have the following code <style type="text...

IE 6/7 on Windows XP vs Windows Vista

Have you noticed substantial differences in website rendering on IE 6 or IE 7 when run on Windows XP versus when run on Windows Vista? ...

IE fails, when calling functions from external javascript?

I have a piece of code that can be simplified to this: var s='' ; s += "<"+"script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"http://somehost.com/scripts/FooFunctions.js\"&gt;\n"; s += "<"+"/script>" ; s += "<"+"script type=\"text/javascript\">\n"; s += "FooFunction(42, 'i love cats');\n"; s += "<"+"/script>" ; document.write(s) ; In all brows...

javascript loading conditional statement

I've been struggling for days with getting rid of an error in IE, and to 'almost' no avail. I just tried loading jquery 1.2.6 instead of 1.3.2, and the error has gone away (though the site is noticeably slower now). However, I suspect I may be stuck with this solution. Is there a browser based way to include the script similar to the...

How to ensure buttons reversed by CSS are spaced evenly?

I have a wizard-style HTML form with a row of submit buttons for the Back/Next/Cancel actions (in that order). The form can also contain a varying number of input fields, such as text fields, radio buttons, checkboxes, dropdowns (select tags), and textareas. The customer requires the "Next" button to be the default action, so that if the...

invoke __dopostback inside IE via powershell

Hey. I'm writing powershell script that simulates actions performed by user on the page. I have a problem with performing click on a button. Page has form and inside button that saves changes to database: input type="button" onClick="__doPostBack('someIdentifier','SAVE')" value="Save changes" I need to invoke that from the client si...