"Robert Aldwinckle" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Stephanie Stowe" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> >I have an app which is running a mix of ASP, ASP.NET, VBScript client
side,
> > JScript client-side and ActiveX controls downloaded to the client (of
> > course). I am attempting to troubleshoot a truely weird problem at a
client
> > site. A couple of things would help me a ton:
> >
> > 1. I can see the ActiveX controls in c:\windows\Downloaded Program
Files. Is
> > there a place in the IE UI where one can look at the ActiveX controls
that
> > IE knows about?
>
> Which OS? XPsp2 has a new Tools menu item called Manage Add-ons
> which could complement this task. Otherwise SpybotSD in advanced
> mode can show similar information (e.g. BHO + ActiveX extensions)
>
Ah. perfect.
>
> > Is there any other location at which IE could be finding
> > these controls? I need to make sure that the version IE is finding is
the
> > version I want it to be.
> >
> > 2. Our app opens windows without any toolbars. So I have no menu from
whcih
> > I can select View Source. I beleive that there are keyboard shortcuts to
> > enable menus in a window. Am I mistaken? Is there any way to show a menu
or
> > a short cut key to view source?
>
> Depends why the app has no toolbars. Fullscreen? Alt-V,c works.
> Also right-click, View Source shows the source of the frame or entire
> page if frames are not involved.
>
window.ShowModalDialog(...)
>
> > The error I am experiencing is client-side.
> > And I have a lovely line number, which bears no relationship to the
source
> > code available on the server, of course.
>
> Use a script debugger?
>
Can 't. Or at least I think I can't. The error is only happening on a couple
of a machines on a client site. I am only able to remote control to the
servers. I put in a bunch of window.alerts and nailed it down with him
anyway. It was painful, but it was low tech and it worked.
>
> >
> > 3. Is there a way to dump all the IE settings (Tools, Options),
patricularly
> > the advanced settings to a file for reading?
>
> I have seen several requests for this and it wouldn't be hard to do
> so I imagine that somebody will have done it.
>
> For a Q&D solution I would just monitor the opening of that dialog
> with RegMon.
Whew. I don't know what RegMon is. But I know where to look!
> With an appropriate input filter the output from that
> could be fairly compact. Then the only difficulty you would have
> comparing two separate traces would be stripping off all the timestamp
> and other extraneous varying trace details. In fact, if it turns out that
> all the registry values are in one particular branch it would be even
easier
> to export that branch on each machine and use a difference program
> against two samples (e.g. FC or windiff).
>
Thanks!
>
> HTH
>
> Robert Aldwinckle
> ---
>
>
> > I would like to compare
> > machine(s) that are working to ones that are not. Since I have no
specific
> > idea about what settings might be at issue, I cannot ask the customer to
> > check this setting or that setting. I would also like to minimize the
work
> > for the customer.
> >
> > All the customers are running IE 6.
> >
> > Thanks much!
> >
> > Stephanie
> >
> >
>
>
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