internet-explorer

Hiding Internet Explorer when WatiN is run

I would like to know how I can prevent Internet Explorer from firing up every time I run my console application which uses WatiN for testing live sites. When I run my console application it fires up internet explore and runs through all the tests that I have created using WatiN. What I want is for my console application to run through...

creating a select element via js, focus doesn't work in IE

Hi there! I'm a newbie in js and I'm afraid that i haven't the knowledge to resolve the next issue. If I have a select element ( populated with several options ) already parsed by the browser on the load, the next code works just fine in both IE and FF $('selectId').focus(); but if I create ( and populate it ) the element via js va...

Why does Disabled = true for html work?

I noticed in our code that there is a disabled = true' i the source code for anchor tag. I was wondering why it works in IE. I also searched the internet and it is also being used in a lot of source code via a search in the net. I have been searching if ture, a wrong spelling of true can also be used by IE. Does anybody have any idea ab...

imageflow animation looks bad on IE with opacity=false

Hi, I've been trying to install imageFlow in a site. It works fine except in IE (8 in mycase). The problem is that the animation isn't smooth. I've looked at their demo in IE8 and it works great. I can't for the life of me understand why my example isn't working and theirs does. I"ve tried changing the options of imageFlow based on the e...

IE8 CSS Absolute Positioning Random Bug

I'm encountering a frustrating but seemingly random rendering bug in IE8. I have some absolutely positioned elements on the page (positioned in relation to the page body), the displaying of which are toggled by jQuery. 8 times out of 10 the elements are rendered correctly, but sometimes the positioning is not obeyed and they are simply ...

How to programmatically add site to "Local Intranet" zone?

I've found out how to do it for Trusted Sites, but can't find for the Local Intranet. I'm talking about IE Security zones from Internet Options. ...

ZIP Files get corrupted by IE

I am delivering a ZIP file in 64k chunks using a loop in PHP (but the problem would arise with any server side language). When fetching the file with FF, everything goes just fine. When fetching the file with IE7, some bits get corrupted. This leads to an error message regarding wrong CRC (a hash) and some of the unzipped files end up ...

To Disable the multimedia contents in IE

I need to disable the multimedia contents in IE Programatically. Is there any way my programming environment is VC++ ...

a way to tell if options do not fit inside of a select - in IE

In IE6, and possibly 7, if you set the width of an to any value other then auto, if the options inside of that select are wider then the select's width, they get cut off. this is bad. Firefox is smart enough to not do this. Question: How can i tell if the options are being cut off with javascript? How have you dealt with this issue ...

ASPX page does not show on Internet Explorer

Hi, I've created a new Web Site on VS2005. An ASPX file was created. when I run the file in VS, it opens via IE and an ASP.NET Development Server icon appears near the clock. when I try to run the aspx file in IE, I get the error: The XML page cannot be displayed Cannot view XML input using XSL style sheet. Please correct the error...

$(document).ready doesn't work in IE

Hello! In my page there is two links, register and login. The important one now is register. When I click it, it loads a .tpl file using jquery load function. In this tpl file I include a new js file with <script> ofcourse, and it works perfectly in safari, ff, opera and chrome, but of course, Why should it be working in IE? So my que...

Open a new window more than once in IE via target="_blank" in a link tag?

I have a page with a ton of links (foo). If a user opens a link they get a new window (bar) via target="_BLANK" in the link. But if they go back to foo and click on another link instead of another new window (bar2), bar navigates to the new link. This is only an issue in IE Fx opens a new tab. I need IE to do the same. Or open a new win...

IE flickering input in jQuery overlay

I'm utilizing the jQuery UI Library to create an overlay. For simplicities sake, they live on the page (not being pulled in via an AJAX call) and are initialized via an onclick. When they are shown, in IE 6 and 7, when you click inside any text inputs (input type text or textarea) the cursor flickers sporadically. Of note also, when I...

What permissions are needed to install and update an ActiveX control?

We are developing a web-based point-of-sale application, which, while it mostly runs in a browser, also requires integration with hardware devices such as credit card readers. In order to provide hardware integration, we have implemented several simple ActiveX controls in C++ using ATL. We are not experienced Windows developers, and are...

CSS alignment problem in IE7

Hi, I've been putting together a drupal Website for a personal project (coffee geek Website about the Rancilio Miss Silvia) and the css is working great in Firefox and Safari but not in IE. In IE the alignment of the central section is totally screwed up and I can't seem to figure out what I'm missing. I'm working off of the Zen theme...

How to set 'automatic configuration script' for a dial-up connection programmatically?

I have a dial-up connection in 'Internet Options' -> 'Connections' and I would like to set an 'automatic configuration script' (one of the connection's settings) for it programmatically. Setting it for LAN is easy but I can't find anything about setting it for other connections. ...

IE7/8 ignoring file download request in popup

I'm using Silverlight and I need to allow the user to save some dynamically genereated files. For PDF files I created an http handler and it works just fine when I open it in a popup window. For Excel files I tried every combination of Content-type and Content-disposition but IE8 refuses to open the file. With Fiddler I can see the g...

Slow javascript with IE8

I'm developing a grid with excel-like functionality using the telerik controls. For example users can click on a cell and the cell turns into an input control for editing. Users can tab to move onto the next cell or use arrow keys for up/down to get the cell above or below. I've found the standard telerik grid is good but I've had to ext...

How can I enable the FCK editor spell checker in Internet Explorer 8?

I need to enable the spell checker in FCK Editor. Its working fine with Firefox, But its not working in IE 8. My settings in fckeditor.js is, FCKConfig.SpellChecker = 'ieSpell' ; // 'ieSpell' | 'SpellerPages' FCKConfig.IeSpellDownloadUrl = 'http://www.iespell.com/download.php' ; FCKConfig.SpellerPagesServerScript = 'server-scripts/s...

Application to view large XML file quickly?

We have a 120MB XML file that we want to view. Opening it in IE brings my machine to a crawl. I guess IE is loading the whole file into memory. Is there a tool to view this in a faster manner? Ideally a Windows GUI based tool. Would be nice if you could drill down through the data by collapsing/uncollapsing elements. Textpad works ...