In Line Frames - Again

[Paul Martin]

My browser is still telling me that it does not support or is configured not
to show in line frames.

Previous advice was to go to internet options, advanced and find a reference
to inline frames and select it.

Did this but could find no reference to inline frames in the listed options.

Are in line frames something that McAgfee security would stop? i ask because
that is the only thing i can think of that has changed in the last few weeks
since i last know for sure that inline frames worked. That said i tried
turning the security off and it made no difference

Paul

Paul Martin

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

My browser is still telling me that it does not support or is configured not to show in line frames.

I suspect it is not your browser which is telling you that but the
application your browser is connecting to. The thing that you have
to think about then is what might be between your browser and the
application. You mention some kind of security package. Can it
intercept the requests that your browser makes and modify them?
Specifically can it make changes to the User-Agent string that each
request contains? If so, that could explain your symptom.

It's pretty simple to test this idea by comparing the User-Agent string
which should be sent with the User-Agent string which is received.
For example, here are some suggestions I recently gave a user who
had two different machines to use for comparison.

<excerpt>
What do you see if you enter this in an IE Address bar on each?

javascript:navigator.userAgent

(the property name is case sensitive; so notice that uppercase A.)


However, what is more important about the User-Agent string
is whether it reaches its destination. Some network security products
may modify it; so it is also useful to compare what a remote site claims
to actually see, with what the above IE window showed you.

Steve Gibson's ShieldsUP! site has one such remote service.

< http://grc.com/default.htm >

(Choose Browser Headers once you allow it to Proceed.)


Another site which you could use for comparing browser functionality is:

< http://www.gemal.dk/browserspy/ >


Post back your detailed observations if you need more help.


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
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