Local Machine Zone Lockdown

[anupa]

I have a web application that is designed to run in the intranet zone
and one of the features involves modifying an excel file on the local
machine using an ActiveX control and then launching it in inside a
browser frame. All this worked fine until the latest version of IE came
around. But due to the "Local Machine Zone Lockdown" security that was
added in the latest IE this no longer works. Any ideas on how I can get
this working again.
Thanks

 

[Anders Eriksson]

I have a web application that is designed to run in the intranet zone
and one of the features involves modifying an excel file on the local
machine using an ActiveX control and then launching it in inside a
browser frame. All this worked fine until the latest version of IE came
around. But due to the "Local Machine Zone Lockdown" security that was
added in the latest IE this no longer works. Any ideas on how I can get
this working again.

I have a similar situation and the only way I can get my ActiveX to work is
to add rights to run ActiveX and Scripts to 'Restricted Sites'

It's not ideal but ...

// Anders

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE]

I have a web application that is designed to run in the intranet zone
and one of the features involves modifying an excel file on the local
machine using an ActiveX control and then launching it in inside a
browser frame. All this worked fine until the latest version of IE came
around. But due to the "Local Machine Zone Lockdown" security that was
added in the latest IE this no longer works. Any ideas on how I can get
this working again.
Thanks

Local Machine Lockdown
http://www.winxptutor.com/lmzunlock.htm
and
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2brows.mspx#XSLTsection129121120120

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[anupa]

Thanks for the information.
I am able to modify my excel file on the local machine and save it to
the disk. The real problem is that the browser will not display it. It
displays a blank page instead.
It seems like I need to insert a Mark of the Web comment into my excel
file. something on the lines of
<!-- saved from url=(0022)http://www.yoururl.com -->
That is most likely not possible. Are there any tricks to get around
that? Maybe somehow display the excel file within an HTML page and put
the Mark of the Web on that Html page?
Changing the security settings on the browser is not an option.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks.