"open frame in new window"

[jr]

in internet explorer 5, there was an add-on that allowed
the user to "open frame in new window" - a very very
useful feature. on my old computer, when i upgraded to
ie6, that feature carried over. on my new computer, which
came with ie6, there is no such feature (why the heck did
microsoft do away with it?!). how do i get it? do i need
to get ie5 and install it and the add-on, then delete ie6
and upgrade again? of course, i don't have ie5, b/c my
old computer came with ie4. help!!! if anyone knows,
please email my hotmail email, which is jrr93. thanks.

 

[Jim Byrd]

Hi Jrr - It's called Web Accessories - you can get it here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/previous/webaccess/ie5wa.asp

It works fine in IE6 except that you'll need to do an F5 Refresh on the
blank page that the Images List click brings up to finally get them.
Thorsten Gudera has created both German and English "corrected" Versions of
imglist.htm which fix this. You can contact him here:
Thorsten.GuderaATt-online.de (replace AT with @ sign). For Toggle Images
(which you'll find on your Links toolbar), remember that you'll have to
refresh after toggling to see the effects on the current page. (BTW, if you
place a shortcut to it on your Quick Launch toolbar or wherever, you can
also use it to prevent spam HTML emails from "calling home".)

Here's also a fix for "Copy Location" courtesy of a poster nicknamed Caveman
I've verified that this works fine for Win2kPro and should for any other OS
as well:

"Use Notepad to open GRABURL.HTM (found usually in WINDOWS\WEB), and edit as
shown below:

[FIND:]------------------------------------------------
document.all.location.value = win.document.location.href;
[REPLACE WITH:]----------------------------------------
document.all.location.value = win.location.href;
[END]

(so, the only thing to do is removing ".document" from the line)"


Be aware also that there is a bug in the Zoom functions. The following is a
(modified)
quote of a previous posting by Alan Edwards of a previous quote by Ron
Vernon which outlines the fix:


"I have not checked recently if the error has been corrected.
Without looking at your attachments, I assume you have made
adjustments like this old post by Ron Vernon MVP, which I made myself.
------quote
This is a bug in the web accessories.

To fix it, use Notepad to open ZOOMIN.HTM (found usually in
WINDOWS\WEB ),
and edit it to read both image dimensions before setting any of them:

old contents:
....
h = parentwin.event.srcElement.height * 2;
parentwin.event.srcElement.height = h;
w = parentwin.event.srcElement.width * 2;
parentwin.event.srcElement.width = w;
....

new contents (the 3rd line in the fragment above moved up):
....
h = parentwin.event.srcElement.height * 2;
w = parentwin.event.srcElement.width * 2;
parentwin.event.srcElement.height = h;
parentwin.event.srcElement.width = w;
....

Do the same for ZOOMOUT.HTM changing '*' to a '/'
..
-----end quote

....Alan

Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems"


I've attached corrected versions of zoomout.htm and zoomin.htm since
they're fairly small. (If you have a firewall, they may get re-named
extensions - just change back to .htm) You can just place them in
\Windows\Web if you chose.


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Please respond in the same thread.
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP



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[jr]

Jim --

Thanks for your prompt reply. This is really
embarrassing: I had already downloaded and installed it,
but it didn't work. After reading your reply and trying
some other stuff, it still didn't work. Then I realized
that I never re-started the computer after installing and
maybe that was necessary (although after installation it
didn't give me the usual "you must restart" message). In
any case, after re-starting the computer, it works fine.
I didn't even need to do the re-fresh you mention.

Anyway, thanks again for your help and I'll try all your
other little tips when I get a chance. Have a good week!

-- John R.

 

[jr]

Jim --

Sorry to bother you, but I have tried your other
suggestions and have two follow up questions:

1) I managed to correct the zoomin and zoomout files as
you suggested, but can't find "graburl", nor do I see
a "Copy Location" option. I do see "Copy Shortcut", but I
don't know if that has the same error you mention or what
file to correct if so.

2) I am intrigued by your mention of the possibility to
thwart spam emails from "calling home", but don't really
understand how I do that. I guess I need to put a shorcut
to "Toggle Images" on my toolbar. Pardon my ignorance,
but which is my "Quick Launch" toolbar? After doing that,
what is next? Do I just click on it when I open an email
that is spam? Will that be quick enough to disable
the "call home"?

Thanks again for your help.

-- John R.

-----Original Message-----

For Toggle Images (which you'll find on your Links
toolbar), remember that you'll have to refresh after
toggling to see the effects on the current page. (BTW, if
you place a shortcut to it on your Quick Launch toolbar or
wherever, you can also use it to prevent spam HTML emails
from "calling home".)

Here's also a fix for "Copy Location" courtesy of a poster
nicknamed Caveman. I've verified that this works fine for
Win2kPro and should for any other OS as well:

"Use Notepad to open GRABURL.HTM (found usually in
WINDOWS\WEB), and edit as shown below:

[FIND:]------------------------------------------------
document.all.location.value = win.document.location.href;
[REPLACE WITH:]----------------------------------------
document.all.location.value = win.location.href;
[END]

(so, the only thing to do is removing ".document" from the
line)"

Please respond in the same thread.
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP

 

[Jim Byrd]

Hi John - When you right click on a web page, you should see an option to
"Copy Location".

For Quick Launch, just right click in the Toolbar area at the bottom of your
screen (where Start is), then select Toolbars|Quick Launch to cause the
Quick Launch toolbar to display in the Toolbar area.

You can drag-n-drop a shortcut from wherever you have Toggle Images.exe
stored (in E:\Documents and Settings\James R. Byrd\Favorites\Links\Toggle
Images.exe for me, for example - normally on your Links toolbar). If you
toggle images by clicking on this before you open OE, then HTML emails which
contain Webbugs (which are typically.img type one-pixel images), etc. will
not have them downloaded when they're opened, and thus be prevented from
"Calling Home". A better solution, now that it's available, is to just set
OE to read all email as plain text and to be extremely cautious about
opening any attachments. This use of Toggle Images was originally written
before we had that option available.

You should find graburl.htm in your %SystemRoot%\Web folder - in my case for
Win2kPro, E:\WINNT\Web\graburl.htm For you, it might be Windows\Web\.

That help?

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Jim --

Sorry to bother you, but I have tried your other
suggestions and have two follow up questions:

1) I managed to correct the zoomin and zoomout files as
you suggested, but can't find "graburl", nor do I see
a "Copy Location" option. I do see "Copy Shortcut", but I
don't know if that has the same error you mention or what
file to correct if so.

2) I am intrigued by your mention of the possibility to
thwart spam emails from "calling home", but don't really
understand how I do that. I guess I need to put a shorcut
to "Toggle Images" on my toolbar. Pardon my ignorance,
but which is my "Quick Launch" toolbar? After doing that,
what is next? Do I just click on it when I open an email
that is spam? Will that be quick enough to disable
the "call home"?

Thanks again for your help.

-- John R.

-----Original Message-----

For Toggle Images (which you'll find on your Links
toolbar), remember that you'll have to refresh after
toggling to see the effects on the current page. (BTW, if
you place a shortcut to it on your Quick Launch toolbar or
wherever, you can also use it to prevent spam HTML emails
from "calling home".)

Here's also a fix for "Copy Location" courtesy of a poster
nicknamed Caveman. I've verified that this works fine for
Win2kPro and should for any other OS as well:

"Use Notepad to open GRABURL.HTM (found usually in
WINDOWS\WEB), and edit as shown below:

[FIND:]------------------------------------------------
document.all.location.value = win.document.location.href;
[REPLACE WITH:]----------------------------------------
document.all.location.value = win.location.href;
[END]

(so, the only thing to do is removing ".document" from the
line)"

Please respond in the same thread.
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP

 

[jr]

Jim --

I don't have "Copy Location" when I right click. I
get "Copy Background" or "Copy Shortcut".

As for Quick Launch, yes, I have that toolbar open, just
didn't know what it was called. However, I don't use OE
for my email. I either use AOL or I use web-based
hotmail, so maybe I don't have the problem and there is no
need to do the toggle thing.

As for "graburl", maybe the reason I don't have it is that
I am still using Win98. May also be the reason I don't
have "Copy Location". In any case, no big deal, as it's a
feature I never used, so probably shouldn't worry about it
too much. If you have any further suggestions, great, if
not, thanks again for all your help!

-- John R.

 

[Jim Byrd]

OK John - YW, glad it was of use. Yeah, if you're using AOL, you've
certainly got more important things to worry about!

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Please respond in the same thread.
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP



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