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ActiveX control now needs to be activated in browser by clicking or by pressing space/enter
I have been working on a new website. It has activex controls/flash movies etc.
It has been working fine but today it started asking to "Press SPACEBAR or ENTER to activate and use this control". You can also click with the mouse and it works fine.
However, you now have to do this every time the page changes.
I'm not sure what i changed to cause this to happen.
To see what I mean - goto http://www.epssupport.co.uk:8080/mailing/
It is possible it's just MY browser and my business partners but i can't find anything.
Anybody know what causes this?
Thanks
It has been working fine but today it started asking to "Press SPACEBAR or ENTER to activate and use this control". You can also click with the mouse and it works fine.
However, you now have to do this every time the page changes.
I'm not sure what i changed to cause this to happen.
To see what I mean - goto http://www.epssupport.co.uk:8080/mailing/
It is possible it's just MY browser and my business partners but i can't find anything.
Anybody know what causes this?
Thanks
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yes - I just installed a linksys firewall the other day that has the ability to block activex controls
with the malware/spyware problems, i guess that was a logical next step, but it sure does limit the things IE can do
if you'd like to turn those features off in the firewall, but fear the consequences of spywware/malware
Might I suggest the free spyware/malware tutorial and software available at http://www.bigbilly.com
best of luck!
with the malware/spyware problems, i guess that was a logical next step, but it sure does limit the things IE can do
if you'd like to turn those features off in the firewall, but fear the consequences of spywware/malware
Might I suggest the free spyware/malware tutorial and software available at http://www.bigbilly.com
best of luck!
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Hello again,
It turned out that it wasnt the firewall after all. After removing (testing) and reinstalling (testing) and finding nothing nothing changes with or without the firewall, I went to the forums.
This is the reason the controls have changed:
http://www.betanews.com/article/Microsoft_to_Modify_ActiveX_in_IE_Update/1133804729
There is a fix for this at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/?url=/workshop/author/dhtml/overview/activating_activex.asp
It's just a differnt way of embeding activex code into a page that doesn't use the copyright infringed embedding that has been in IE for ages.
It turned out that it wasnt the firewall after all. After removing (testing) and reinstalling (testing) and finding nothing nothing changes with or without the firewall, I went to the forums.
This is the reason the controls have changed:
http://www.betanews.com/article/Microsoft_to_Modify_ActiveX_in_IE_Update/1133804729
There is a fix for this at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/?url=/workshop/author/dhtml/overview/activating_activex.asp
It's just a differnt way of embeding activex code into a page that doesn't use the copyright infringed embedding that has been in IE for ages.
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It seems it is my firewall that is causing the problem. Not sure why yet but I should be able to sort it from here. The friend I got to try it has the same firewall which is why I didn't spot it straight off.
Thanks again for the assistance.