internet-explorer

Alpha channel in IE 6.x

How do I get IE 6.x to display png files correctly? I have a designer insisting on drop shadows over a background pattern, and customers who for some reason insist on using IE 6.x ...

FireFox this Function...

Why does Firefox not handle this. This code works in IE. <%@ Language=VBScript %> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" Content="Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0"> </HEAD> <script type='text/javascript'> function drvFunc(elem) { var e = elem.name; var d = "document." var f = "frm"; var str = d+"."+f+"."+e+".value;"; ale...

IE is not submitting; dynamically added form elements; is this an IE bug?

I wrote some Javascript to allow editing a list of items within an HTML form, including adding and removing items. Got it working in Firefox. When trying it in Internet Explorer, I found that any added items were not being submitted with the form. Long story short... lots of simplification, debugging, figured out what line is triggering...

sIFR not working on secure pages in IE with self-signed cert

I'm having an issue in IE on secure pages in my DEV and TEST environments which use a self-signed security certificate. Nothing is displaying (not even the text that is being replaced). Firefox, on the other hand, is displaying the sifr font fine. The URL used in IE to load the Flash movie is a 'https' URL. Has anyone seen this problem b...

How to print large single image in a webpage on multiple pages in IE

I have a webpage with a big jpeg file like this one https://www.donationcoder.com/Forums/bb/index.php?PHPSESSID=pee3l52288fspopb9i20dpeuv6&amp;action=dlattach;topic=4066.0;attach=2451;image , but when I print this from IE, I could see only one page is printed that with quarter of the image. Is there any way I could print the whole image...

swfobject getFlashPlayerVersion does not work in IE

swfobject.getFlashPlayerVersion doesn't work in IE, any alternatives? ...

Flash Movie Not Loaded in IE6

I have a .swf file that I try to browse to and it loads fine in Firefox, but in IE6 it doesn't load. When right-clicking it says "movie not loaded". Any suggestions? ...

Issue opening Excel documents with Internet Explorer

I have run into an issue in which IE does not open up the Save As/Open dialog box for an Excel document like Firefox does. So I have created a servlet filter that is using '*.xls' as the url pattern. The issue that I now face (since this is the first filter I have created) is how to get the name of the file that the user wants so that ...

IE hang for 5 minutes when calling synchronous xmlhttprequest

I have a web application and use ajax to call back to my webserver to fetch data. Sometimes(at rather unpredictable moments, but it can be reproduced) IE hangs completely for 5 minutes(the window says Not Responding) and then comes back and the xmlhttprequest object responds with error 12002. The way I can reproduce it is as follows. ...

How do I reference a div from javacript in pocket ie ?

Hello i'm developing a pocket ie site. Im runnning pocket PC 2003 SE emulator with pocket ie. i have a and want to reference it from javascript. getElementById and document.getElementsByTagName don't work. In an example I saw document.all[] and even xx.id but all don't work. Can anyone enlighten me ? ...

Is there a way to force IE to unload an ActiveX control?

We have some dynamic HTML pages which include an <OBJECT> tag that instantiates an ActiveX control. The user may then navigate to another page, which contains an <OBJECT> tag that points to a newer version of the ActiveX control. IE will download and install the new ActiveX on the second page, which is what that page is there for. The ...

How do I create an Active X control for use in Internet Explorer 7+?

I'm using Delphi 2007 and I am looking for some resources and best practices for writing an ActiveX control for embedding within Internet Explorer 7.0 (and higher). My goal with this ActiveX control is to be able to retrieve information about which websites the user is visiting, and the type of connection (e.g. HTTPS, HTTP, FTP, etc). I...

IE6 problem: anchor click moves the iframe

We are facing a weird problem in IE6. The page works fine in Firefox and IE7. We have a page which has a div and a iframe within that div Example: <html> <body> ... <div> <iframe src="page.aspx" /> </div> </body> </html> Now assume page.aspx has this code: <html> <body> .. <a href="#" onclick="alert('just an alert');">click me</...

How to simulate double click in Firefox or Internet Explorer

Are there any plugins out there that will simulate a double click in any of the major browsers? I'm trying to test some code that prevents double clicks on form submission buttons, and would love to be able to either use a hot key or the middle mouse button to send a double click to the browser. Thanks Don ...

Is there a way to use window.hasOwnProperty() in Internet Explorer?

I have a method, that perfectly works in Firefox, with which I can determine the name of an instance of a particular javascript object (please don't ask why I need it...). Fr example: var temp = new String("hello!"); var theName = getVarName(temp); //returns "temp" This method uses "window.hasOwnProperty()" which doen't work in Inter...

How to debug a Javascript proxy.pac file used for IE proxy settings?

does someone know if its posible to debug a proxy.pac, this file is written in Javascript. how can it be attached to some debug engine like Visual Studio or any other IDE ...

Javascript "Permission Denied" Error in IE.x

I did the mistake of creating my entire web application and not testing it on IE along the way. I only tested it on Firefox and Safari. The web app runs fine on both Safari and Firefox but it gives a Permission Denied error on IE. I am using Google AuthSub authentication and so for authenticating using Google Account, it first redirects...

ie save onunload bug

I have a dynamic ajaxy app, and I save the state when the user closes the explorer window. It works ok in all browsers but in IE there is problem. After I close twice the application tab, i can't connect anymore to the server. My theory is that the connection to the server fail to complete while the tab is being closed and somehow ie7 ...

Getting HTMLUnknownElement with jQuery.find() and an XML Document

I'm attempting to load up an XML document (specifically an RSS feed) via an Ajax request, parse it, and insert some information based on said feed into my page. The code works fine in Firefox, Opera, Chrome, and Safari, but not IE7. Go figure. After doing some initial debugging, I've found that the XML string is being retrieved via the ...

Detecting Current Internet Explorer Security Zone

Is there any method of programmatically determining the current security zone settings for Internet Explorer? I'd like to know when my site will have the XMLHttpRequest ActiveX control blocked due to IE security policy, but before the site actually tries to create it and thus causes the yellow bar to appear up the top (saying "To help p...