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2006-08-02 04:27:20, Category: Programming & Design
There is a box overlapping any embeded object in IE. Why this happens and how to solve this out.

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  1. Mike

    On 2006-08-02 04:31:59


    go to microsoft.com and download the latest

  2. ravi g

    On 2006-08-02 04:32:18


    EOLAS Problem The Eolas Problem also known as, the grey box of death has become wide spread. Everyone has to change their content from an tag to a JavaScript solution to overcome this. Problem: The problem is that IE is no longer allowed to automatically display content coming from an external plug-in. So in order to see or interact with some content (including Flash), the user will have to actually click on the content to activate the plug-in. Cause for the Problem: Security update 912812, Published: April 11, 2006 (Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-013) may prevent a VBScript script from controlling the visibility of the ActiveX controls. For example, if the ActiveX control was originally hidden by using the visibility: hidden DHTML element attribute, and then later the attribute property is set to visibility: visible by a script, the ActiveX control does not display. The above mentioned security update is installed automatically by means of automatic update process of Microsoft Windows. The update file can be found in the “add or remove programs” window which is located in the control panel of Microsoft Windows. Click the start button located in the task bar and then click the control panel button in the start menu. This will open the windows control panel. Now double click on the add or remove programs icon to open the add or remove programs window. Now the show updates located on top of the window should clicked on in order to view all the updates. All security updates can be found under Windows XP - software updates. And the file would be named as Security Update for Windows XP (KB912812). Solution: There are two methods two overcome the EOLAS issue. 1.One is by means of adding a JavaScript file (swfobject.js) and by editing the HTML code of your web page. SWFObject is a small JavaScript file used for embedding Macromedia Flash content. The script can detect the Flash plug-in in all major web browsers (on Mac and PC) and is designed to make embedding Flash movies as easy as possible. It is also very search engine friendly, degrades gracefully, can be used in valid HTML and XHTML 1.0 documents, and is forward compatible, so it should work for years to come. Here is an example showing the minimum amount of code needed to embed a Flash movie:
    This text is replaced by the Flash movie.
    Source: - http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/ Link for download: - http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/swfobject1-4.zip Then the html file should contain the following codes: - Movie
    You need to upgrade your Flash Player This is replaced by the Flash content. Place your alternate content here and users without the Flash plugin or with Javascript turned off will see this. Content here allows you to leave out noscript tags. Include a link to bypass the detection if you wish.
    The text marked in red must be replaced by the name of your movie and its corresponding size. A sample flash file created using the above mentioned method can be viewed by clicking the link given below, http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/swfobject.html If the above mentioned solution doesn’t work, Microsoft has provided a solution to this by launching two new update patches to solve the EOLAS issue. 2.Second is by updating your IE by installing the following new patches from Microsoft’s Website. a.Security update – KB912945 Microsoft has introduced a patch for Internet Explorer 6 for Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 and for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1. This update changes the way in which Internet Explorer handles some Web pages that use ActiveX controls like: 1.Apple QuickTime player 2.Adobe reader 3.Macromedia Flash Player 4.Sun Java Virtual Machine 5.Real Player 6.Windows Media Player The patch may be availed from the link given below: - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/912945/en-us But this update was not fully functional and supportive. It still created problems. b.Security update – KB917425 So in addition to this Microsoft has re-released another patch on April 20, 2006. This patch resolves a display issue for ActiveX controls that were developed by using Visual Basic. The compatibility patch includes the following patches: •Compatibility Patch for Internet Explorer for Windows XP SP2 •Compatibility Patch for Internet Explorer for Windows Server 2003 SP1 •Compatibility Patch for Internet Explorer for Windows Server 2003 SP1, Itanium-based versions •Compatibility Patch for Internet Explorer for Windows Server 2003, x64-based versions •Compatibility Patch for Internet Explorer for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition And this update can be installed by using the link given below http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=917425 If you do not find any problem with the previous version of the update (KB912945), then there is no need to install the second version (KB917425) The above mentioned security updates can be easily installed by clicking the links and following the on screen commands.

  3. DUCATI ZX12R

    On 2006-08-02 04:33:27


    Use Registry Editor to view the data value of the Compatibility Flags DWORD value of the ActiveX object CLSID in the following registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ActiveX Compatibility\CLSID of the ActiveX control where CLSID of the ActiveX Control is the class identifier of the appropriate ActiveX control