We have a requirement to open Google Chrome Browser from Internet Explorer 8. To do this, we are using JavaScript ActiveXobject with the following code.
Code Snippet:
var URL ="http://www.google.com"
var chromeCommand = "Chrome --app="+URL+" --allow-outdated-plugins";
var shell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
shell.run(chromeCommand);
For this, we need to set Enable "Initialize and Script ActiveX Controls not Marked as Safe for Scripting" radio button from Tools->Internet Options->Security Tab->Trusted sites -> Custom Level ...
Is this enable setting will harm anything on security concerns?
Please let me either we can open Chrome browser in this way or not, or else any alternative to do this.
Will this code work for Linux OS Internet Explorer?
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I have been trying to open SharePoint's sharing dialog using microsoftTeams.tasks.startTask() in my MS Teams application and it shows an infinite loader in desktop client.
As I have come across certain articles and open threads, MS Teams does support redirecting within an iframe. Opening SharePoint's sharing URL goes through the authentication first (internal redirecting using login.microsoftonline.com)
Things I have tried so far -
var currentTeamsSiteUrl = new URL(currentItem['teamSiteUrl']);
var sharingDialogUrl = `${currentTeamsSiteUrl.href}/_layouts/15/sharedialog.aspx?listId=${currentItem['ListID']}&listItemId=${currentItem['ItemID']}&clientId=sharePoint`;
var src = `${currentTeamsSiteUrl.href}/_layouts/15/teamslogon.aspx?spfx=true&dest=${encodeURIComponent(sharingDialogUrl)}`;
microsoftTeams.tasks.startTask({
title: "Share Item",
height: 560,
width: 350,
url: src,
fallbackUrl: null,
card: null,
completionBotId: null,
});
The issue I am facing in desktop client is in attached screenshot -
Interestingly enough, the code works if I run the application in browser, and not in the MS Teams Desktop Client.
I have added *.sharepoint.com, login.microsoftonline.com as a valid domains in application config json.
I have tried opening the sharing URL using window.open() - opens up browser from desktop client and new tab from browser, and as per Microsoft's scholars using Task Module is far better approach, but that is not working in desktop client. Again, not an elegant solution.
I have been trying to find a workaround for sharing dialog not running in MS Teams desktop app and it all comes down to the error shown in the attached screenshots. I tried allowing third-party cookies for and other different solutions (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/troubleshoot/teams-sign-in/sign-in-loop) to make it work but no luck so far.
Any help would be appreciated.
Cheers!
I recently switched to Firefox. Unfortunately my company still uses Sharepoint Server 2013 (migration to Sharepoint Online is planned somewhere in the future) which no longer offers a fluid integration with Office.
Every time I want to edit an Office document, it gets downloaded instead of being 'forwarded' to be opened by Word, Excel, etc. Modifications need to be saved locally and than uploaded afterwards. This is hugely annoying.
Is there some way that I can automate this in code, using a Firefox extension? Does Sharepoint expose some kind of hook or metadata containing the document's URL?
(Self-answer originally provided by Dotsoltecti; copied from question body into a proper answer).
Sharepoint 2013 passes the document's URL via the right-click contextual menu.
There exists a very neat add-on for Firefox called "custom right-click menu" by Sander Ronde. After installing this extension I added the script below:
var feedback = crmAPI.getClickInfo();
var url = feedback.linkUrl;
if (url.endsWith("docx") || url.endsWith("doc")) { var uri = "ms-word:ofe|u|" }
if (url.endsWith("xlsx") || url.endsWith("xls")) { var uri = "ms-excel:ofe|u|" }
if (url.endsWith("pptx") || url.endsWith("ppt")) { var uri = "ms-powerpoint:ofe|u|"}
var toOpen = uri.concat(url);
window.open(toOpen);
Et voilà: right clicking on a Word/Excel/PowerPoint-document executes the script and correctly forwards the document to the said program (you have to whitelist your SharePoint-site with the pop-up blocker). Modifications are handled directly by the Office-program.
Only drawback so far is that every time a document is opened, a new blank window is generated. I haven't found a solution for that yet, so suggestions are always welcome.
I am using Corona to make an app. I have implemented following code to open a website/a page inside my app view instead of browser:
function openLink(event)
if(event.phase == "ended")then
print("btn clicked")
local webView = native.newWebView( display.contentCenterX, display.contentCenterY, 320, 480 )
webView:request( "http://www.coronalabs.com/" )
local text1 = display.newText("",100,100,native.systemFontBold,20)
text1.text = "native should come"
end
end
btn:addEventListener("touch", openLink)
Its giving me following error on device when button is tapped:
net::ERR_CACHE_MISS
Please help me out with this. Also, I have few questions regarding feasibility of this function.
Can I access full interactivity of website inside app view? i.e. scroll through pages, open other pages, navigate to other elements of website etc.
If I can't access complete website with ease, is there any possibility that I can open multiple pages one after another of same website on click of various buttons created by me inside app?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
The ERR_CACHE_MISS error comes from Chrome. To avoid it, check the following:
Make sure you can get to the URL from a browser on the mobile
device to ensure the issue isn't with your Internet connection.
Make sure that your build.settings file in your Corona app allows for Internet
permissions. For Android, this means including the following in build.settings:
-- Android permissions
androidPermissions = {
"android.permission.INTERNET",
},
i wonder if and how it is possible to open a website inside a panel or in an external browser window of the mobile safari! I tried to open a website inside a panel but due to crossdomain problems only the htm without the css was loaded.
any ideas?
thnx!
edit: let's say, we use phoneGap
As far as I know, cross-domain issues do block you from IFRAME solutions for displaying external links inside your app.
Best solution currently is to have links include target="_blank" to force a new browser window to open.
#Stevanicus #Dalar It does open a new window in Mobile Safari if you use Phonegap and allowed domains using phonegap.plist whitelist property, but if you do somthing like
var rateMsg = Ext.Msg.confirm('Title', 'Some message', function(e) {
if(e == 'yes')//If user confirms yes
{
window.open("http://www.example.com", "_blank");//We open a link with _blank to use mobile safari and not your webview
}
});
It does not work.
My problem is that I have a user that is having a problem displaying a portion of website I am creating, but I am unable to reproduce it on any of my browsers, even with the same version of the browser.
What I'm looking for is probably a website that I can send the user to which will tell me what version of the browser they are running along with the plugs installed and any other information that might affect the display of a page.
Any one know of anything like this?
Edit: The problem is related to CSS. They want some special image around all the text inputs, but on the users computer the text input displays partially outside of the image which is setup as a background.
I need more user specific information than Google Analytics as you can't separate out a specific user. I also suspect that it's more complicated than just the user agent.
I also can put the website out there publicly because they want to keep their idea private until it's released...grr.
I find that sending users to the Support Details site (http://supportdetails.com/) is a great way to get systems and browser specifics. At that site all they have to do is enter your email address and the site will send details such as:
Operating System
Screen Resolution
Browser Name and version
Browser size (view port)
IP Address
Color Depth
Javascript enabled (Y/N)
Flash version installed
Cookies enabled (Y/N).
Those pieces of info can also be exported as csv or PDF. Pretty sweet.
The site is made by an agency called Imulus.
Unfortunately, I don't know of any site that will log every detail about the users browser, as you request.
But perhaps browsershots.org could help with your debugging? It allows you to test you design in a lot of different browsers very easily.
EDIT: ... unfortunately restricted to the initial design on page load, since it simply takes a screenshot for you.
The classic approach is to use the useragent to determine the browser and OS
Looks like this site will display it for you.
As for plugins there are various ways to test in javascript for the plugins you are looking for.
You have to test for these on the client side as there is (to my knowledge) no way of detecting these on the server side.
The following crude example shows how to test for acrobat reader in IE and Mozilla browsers and returns if it was installed and if so what version in an object.
function TestAcro()
{
var acrobat=new Object();
acrobat.installed=false;
acrobat.version='0.0';
if (navigator.plugins && navigator.plugins.length)
{
for ( var x = 0, l = navigator.plugins.length; x < l; ++x )
{
//Note: Adobe changed the name of Acrobat to Adobe Reader
if ((navigator.plugins[x].name.indexOf('Acrobat') != -1) | (navigator.plugins[x].description.indexOf('Acrobat') != -1) | (navigator.plugins[x].name.indexOf('Adobe Reader') != -1) |(navigator.plugins[x].description.indexOf('Adobe Reader') != -1))
{
acrobat.version=parseFloat(navigator.plugins[x].description.split('Version ')[1]);
if (acrobat.version.toString().length == 1) acrobat.version+='.0';
acrobat.installed=true;
break;
}
}
}
else if (window.ActiveXObject)
{
for (x=2; x<10; x++)
{
try
{
oAcro=eval("new ActiveXObject('PDF.pdfCtrl."+x+"');");
if (oAcro)
{
acrobat.installed=true;
acrobat.version=x+'.0';
}
}
catch(e) {}
}
try
{
oAcro4=new ActiveXObject('PDF.pdfCtrl.1');
if (oAcro4)
{
acrobat.installed=true;
acrobat.version='4.0';
}
}
catch(e) {}
try
{
oAcro7=new ActiveXObject('AcroPDF.PDF.1');
if (oAcro7)
{
acrobat.installed=true;
acrobat.version='7.0';
}
}
catch(e){}
}
return acrobat;
}
Google analytics? If you have any sort of web analytics program installed on your web server, generally they also give info such as the operating system, web browser, etc. You could use the user's IP address to find his info in your logs.
Also, what issue are they having? We might be able to help..
I did find this program, but unfortunately it's not a free service, nor is there really anyway for me to get the information on that page (unless I pay for it): http://www.cyscape.com/showbrow.aspx
The useragent and related HTTP headers that are sent in all requests can give you some information (Browser and version), but for detail about the client-side installation, you may be out of luck for an automated capture mechanism that obtain a list of arbitrary plugins installed on the client browser. This would be a security violation, so unless a browser intentionally exposes them, you wouldn't get access to this without installing a client-side binary.
Depending on the relationship with the user, you could try something like Go2Meeting or CoPilot so that you can see the bug in action yourself. This would also allow you to peruse the browser settings and plugins.
If it is a CSS issue and the issue is with IE (most often) you may want to consider using the IE 7 library.
When it comes to CSS... I get it working properly in Mozilla browsers then I see what I need to conditionally hack to make it work in IE. This library comes in handy.
Also if possible I would try to limit support to the major modern browsers out there.
And if possible try to include the mobile browsers (iPhone, etc).
Hope this helps.
I've been using Ocean's Browser Capabilities in my ASP.NET web sites. It is really easy to get many properties. Specifically I'm using the Ocean2.Web.HttpCapabilities library.
To get the browser type and capabilities:
string browserSettings = Ocean2.Web.HttpCapabilities.BrowserCaps.Build.ProcessDefault(HttpContext.Current.Request);
Here is a sample of the results:
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; WOW64; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506; Media Center PC 5.0; InfoPath.2)
os - Windows Vista
platform - WinNT
win16 - false
win32 - true
win64 - true
type - IE7
browser - IE
version - 7.0
BrowserBuild - aol - false
cookies - true
javascript - true
ecmascriptversion - 1.2
vbscript - true
activexcontrols - true
javaapplets - true
screenBitDepth - 1
mobileDeviceManufacturer - Unknown
mobileDeviceModel - Unknown
You could also try this:
BROWSER PROBE finds details about your browser, plugins, system, screen and much more.
A great tool for support staff and casual users alike.
Browser Probe
Most of these answers are outdated with dead links.
I found http://www.mybrowserinfo.com that suits my needs. Hope it helps someone else.
More user friendly service: https://aboutmybrowser.com/?nr