ATK31 said:
17.09.08
Hi Robert,
Thank you for your response.
Do you assert that installing the SUN Java VM (
www.Java.com) will not solve
the problem?
Nass suggested that I should install “Windows Script 5.6†from Microsoft.
Do you support this advice?
The javascript:launchWindow('
http://www.xxx.xxx …) function is what I see on
one of the problematic websites.
I could not find out what is the script on the second problematic website.
The support guy for this site insisted that I should install the SUN Java VM.
Thank you for your help.
Since the javascript:launchWindow('
http://www.xxx.xxx ...) code appears
to be opening a browser pop-up via a JavaScript function downloaded from
the web site, I think a pop-up blocker is preventing your browser from
opening a browser window associated with the site you are viewing. My
suggestion is to check the pop-up blocker settings for the option to
temporarily allow pop-ups and/or allow you to add to a list of sites
that are permitted to open pop-ups. I also think that setting pop-up
blockers to generate a sound or other indication that they have blocked
a pop-up is worth the minor annoyance of the occasional warning. The
warning also serves as an explanation why you aren't seeing something
the site is legitimately attempting to show you.
It might even be necessary to include the main site and/or the site
where the pop-up is located in Internet Explorer's "Trusted Sites" list.
I can't be to specific about procedures, as I have upgraded to the more
recent Internet Explorer version 7.
I'm not aware of "Windows Script ..." having any connection to the
browser or OS utilizing a script where "javascript" is explicitly
specified as the intended script interpreter (as it is in the code you
quoted). while I can't rule out a corrupted installation, I think it may
be normally loaded as part of the Windows OS.
Be aware that computer system manufacturers and company IT departments
may be prone to installing browser tool bars from sources including, but
not limited to, AOL and Google. Some of those tool bars include pop-up
blocking functions. You may want to try setting these, and any blocker
that might be present in the browser, so that only ONE of the blockers
is actually obstructing pop-ups. That would allow you to maintain a list
of "pop-up allowed" sites in a single place. If you get errors about
your privileges not allowing you to change the pop-up blocker settings
or the contents of allowed site lists you might have to ask your IT
support person or system administrator to do it.
I can't really add much about the second site without more information.
There is a potential to code web pages so that a particular script
engine (JavaScript or vbScript) isn't specified. That might allow
Internet Explorer to default to the Windows script engine while allowing
other browsers to utilize JavaScript. There's enough consistency between
the two that many simple tasks work as well in either engine. A search
for "script" (set for case insensitive where available) in the source
code viewer should show where scripts are used in the web page.
In many pages where Java is utilized the page will need to specify a
location to download the compiled Java applet from. The location for
that applet should include ".class" or ".jar" in a file name
specification. You may be able to search for those strings in the page
source viewer to locate where Java applets are used in a web page.
