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Feb 08.2008

I am using a scripting file system object to read a text file on the users HDD. I am adding this script to every page load with turnabout (a greasemonkey for ie project), so I don’t want this message box to appear every page load.

Does anyone know a way I could fix this? I know there is a registry edit I can do, but this is being rolled out on 700 PCs and I doubt the network admin is going to like editing the registry on the image for all of these PCs. So apart from a registry edit that isn’t going to happen, are there any other options?

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@cgishackFeb 08.2008 — its a setting in the browser.

You can not change that using JavaScript.

See if you can fix it under IE's TOOLS-> Internet Options ->Security ( Custom....)
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@altyauthorFeb 08.2008 — Now that I can probably change, and thought it might be there, but couldn't find a setting that worked.
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@cgishackFeb 08.2008 — does the message also come up when you access the page locally (localhost) or on an intrAnet?

I know there are different settings for each zone... make sure you are modifying the correct 'zone'
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@altyauthorFeb 08.2008 — The error message comes up for both localhost and on the intranet (this is a purely internal project, so not on the internet). What is the specific setting I have to enable? I can change it so it applies to the intranet.
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@cgishackFeb 08.2008 — Is there an 'error message' or just a warning to the user ?
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@cgishackFeb 08.2008 — There is a whole ActiveX section you can mess with.. see attachment

Also note that they take effect after IE has been restarted..


Drew

[upl-file uuid=04f75d28-e65f-442a-b28e-d5867c4271a0 size=28kB]security.gif[/upl-file]
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@altyauthorFeb 08.2008 — Warning:

"An ActiveX control on this page might be unsafe to interact with other parts of the page. Do you want to allow this interaction?"

Yes / No

I found the setting, "Initilize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe for scripting."

Problem now is this is probably a setting I won't be able to change in the image. Possible work around? How do I unmark it (probably not possible), is there a way for a browser to always trust one specific control?
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