internet

table based layout is not working in IE

I am trying to design a simple layout for eBay. I have never done it before and have to use html tables as the basis for the layout. It works fine in Firefox, chrome and safari but apparently does not work properly in IE (8 - latest build). You can see the layout here - http://www.rockymountainsports.ca/ebay/ebay.html Any direction wo...

Why would InternetOpenURL report error 2 (the system cannot find the file specified)?

Hi, The internet access code in our product works perfectly for 99.99% of people. However, for a few of them, it just doesn't work at all. We've been adding some trace code to try and figure out what the problem is, and it it turns out that InternetOpenURL is reporting error 2 - "The system cannot find the file specified" - from this fu...

Very simple IE 8 addon development

Hi, I want to make a very simple IE addon. Basically, I figured simple way to simplifi logging into one websystem. I have written script in javascript which contain text area and a button. You just enter a code of item from list into the text area, click buton which sends form containing the item number using post method to a webserver t...

IE7 / IE8 Non Background Image Flickering

I am currently developing a site that users the jQuery superfish plugin to construct a 3 level deep drop down menu with rounded corners, drop shadows and all of that other head banging, screen smashing, anger inciting stuff us web developers love. The client is using IE8, and IE7 as well. At the end of each menu, I am placing a 24bit ro...

Searching for information about the Go language

I was trying to look for information about generic database drivers for Google's Go language, when I notice I have hard time to get any result. Go SQL returns nothing related to the Go language, and golang SQL only returns useful results from the mailing list (and not, say, from github). Is there any smarter way I can look for informat...

jquery ui autocomplete - not working in IE

This code works in firefox but not IE. Any ideas? I'm using the latest jQuery-ui libraries. <!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8" /> <title>jQuery UI Autocomplete Remote datasource demo</title> <link type="text/css" href="jquery.ui.all.css" rel="stylesheet" /> <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1.4.2.js"...

Check INTENT internet connection

Hi guys, there is an Android Intent ACTION_XXX that notify me when Internet Connection is available? I would to instantiate a BroadcastReceiver that notify my application when user enable Internet Connection (by wifi, by GSM, etc...) Could anyone help me? ...

Django -- CSRF Failure on IE for IFrame. No access to parent server headers for Policy Fix

I have a problem with CSRF validation failing on iframes in IE. I've learned I can fix it if i had access to parent page server by adding certain headers to my headers according to post http://stackoverflow.com/questions/389456/cookie-blocked-not-saved-in-iframe-in-internet-explorer, but I have no access to the parent page (third party...

Microsoft rsweb:ReportViewer Background

Hello. I'm attempting to make transparent a ReportViewer on InternetExplorer. It works fine on Firefox but it doesn't on Internet Explorer. It shows a white background. On Firefox it shows the background with an alpha and you can se the background image but on Internet Explorer it doesn't works. Here is the URL: www.incolmotos-yamaha.c...

Difference b/w having www and not having it in the URL

Hello, i'm often left wondering what's the significance of having "www" and not having it in the URL. i was further surprised to encounter certain URLs which had www2/3/... i thought we have only one world-wide-web. and is the 'www' part just a symbolic inclusion, and something like www.abc.com and abc.com are one and the same thing? ...

Simple script to find "lowest" available domain name

I need a script to find out what is the lowest available domain name with a give TLD (say .com, .info, or .net). For example, 1000423.com is free but 1000.com is taken. Probably my spammiest question so far. NOTE I mean "lowest" domain name numerically (i.e. 1.com, 2.com, 3.com, ..., n.com, n+1.com, ...) and not shortest as in String...

Help on designing a database for a school management system

Hello I'm about to create a school management system where it should assure the relashionship between teachers, courses, classes, parents, students, report card, enrollment, administration, attendence ... Some good ideas on the DB structure and the system will be appreciated. ...

Position Jquery UI Dialog on mouse position not working in IE 8

I am using Jquery UI Dialog and its working fine in FF/Chrome/Opera but there's some issue with IE, I am having latest version of JQuery UI 1.8.5 and all the workarounds setting position:absolute etc are not working at all, What I need is if my anchor tag is near to end of the browser window and there's not enough space for the ui dial...

JQuery UI Tabs in IE appends ajax tab before body!

Wall Info < a title='members' href="ajax_commune_members.aspx"><span>Members</span></a></li> <li><a title='photos' href="ajax_commune_photos.aspx"><span>Photos</span></a></li> </ul> <div id='community_wall'> ...this one is local and is not loaded via ajax!, it is a...

Disable the internet without touching the hardware

How would I go about disabling the internet on my computer without touching the hardware (modem, router, etc) and without disabling it from the Network Connections of the Control Panel. Is there a way to tweak it on the registry instead? I'm wanting to achieve this to control my younger sister's usage of our computer at home. She's kind...

IE tries to save Ajax response as file

Using Rails RJS with jQuery, I have a link with an event binding on click that does ajax call with GET and returning dataType: script (with RJS providing the response). Works the first time in Explorer, but after that, when you click the link, it tries to save the response as a file.... Any ideas how to get around this? Only a problem...

Items unclickable/selectable/focusable in IE after being hidden/shown with jQuery

I have a set of tabbed divs that I am hiding and showing with jQuery hide() and show(), this works great in all browsers except IE where the tabbed elements that have been hidden, when shown, are not clickable as links, or focusable/selectable as form select, text field, etc. Has anybody had experience with this? Is there some sort of r...

how to stop a web request

i am using a navigation controller in my application.... this app gets the current gps location of device and according to which it shows results from a web page(coffee shops near that place).. all works fine but during the request if the user click navigation back button my app. shows error... i know this error is about web request .....

JQuery hover freezes Flash in Internet Explorer

Situation: Playing Youtube video (flash) on site + thumbnails with a hover effect. Problem: Hover results in the freeze of the Youtube Video when using Internet Explorer 8 (hover and flash works fine in all Webkit browsers & Firefox.) Example: http://listandplay.com/hover/#Search~waka%20waka~~ I've tried to debug the problem with prof...

Updateing Android application content via internet ?

Hi, i want to develop an Android application that will take the content from internet (server) and present it in the application. (ex. i take the todays weather forecast, put the numbers in SQLite database or .txt file , put the database/txt file on internet server so when i open the application, the app connects&downloads the database ...