Re: which HTML code triggers ActiveX dialog?

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From: Anders Eriksson (anders.eriksson_at_morateknikutveckling.se)
Date: 03/12/04 

Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 08:50:49 +0100

Hello Henri!

On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 10:52:56 -0500, H Leboeuf wrote:

> If you need more help then explain what you are doing and the exact error
> you get.

I have configured IE6 so that it prompts when the webpage is trying to run
an activex or plug-in. I then use Trusted sites and Restricted sites on the
pages that I frequently visits. Trusted sites enables all ActiveX and
scripts and Restricted sites disables them.

But, even though I have put a site, e.g. *.microsoft.com, into Trusted
sites and then access http://msdn.microsoft.com, I get the dialog "Do you
want to allow software such as ActiveX controls and plug-ins to run?"

I guess that the page is trying to load/run an ActiveX control that is on
an another domain. To find out which domain and which ActiveX control I
need to look in the source of the page. The html source for
http://msdn.microsoft.com/default.aspx is over 1000 lines, so it's a bit
much just to browse

I need to now which HTML code to look for!

A list of ways to load/run/activate ActiveX controls and plug-ins so I can
search for them in the html source and then make a informed decision on
wether I should put the domain in Trusted or Restricted sites.

// Anders 

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English is not my first, or second, language so errors in grammer or/and
spelling is due to the translation. Feel free to educate me!

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