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 have a SignIn V2 policy in Azure Active Directory B2C
I also enabled JavaScript
Because I use it to manipulate some elements in the form.
This configuration works well in Google Chrome, but whenever I try to run it in Internet Explorer 11, I get
SCRIPT1002: Syntax error
In the console, and the login button doesn't respond.
This happens when JavaScript is enabled.
When I disable it, the page works in IE11 (But my manipulations don't).
Has anyone encountered this problem before?
I found out what the problem was.
I was using ES6 syntax such as
() => {
...
}
Once I replaced it to
function () {
...
}
It worked on IE11.
Thank you
#Thomas
and
#Zhi Lv - MSFT
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?
My app needs an internal calendar. I can create a new calendar like this:
var store = await AppointmentManager.RequestStoreAsync(AppointmentStoreAccessType.AppCalendarsReadWrite);
var cacheCalendar = await store.CreateAppointmentCalendarAsync("unique name here");
This succeeds and I get a new calendar. But this calendar is visible in the phone's built-in calendar app. I don't want this calendar to be visible since it's for internal bookkeeping.
So I try to hide the calendar like this:
var store = await AppointmentManager.RequestStoreAsync(AppointmentStoreAccessType.AppCalendarsReadWrite);
var cacheCalendar = await store.CreateAppointmentCalendarAsync("unique name here");
cacheCalendar.IsHidden = true; // <---- make calendar hidden
await cacheCalendar.SaveAsync(); // <---- save; error here
When calling SaveAsyncI get the following exception:
Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005
(E_ACCESSDENIED))"
Why can't I hide my calendar from the built-in phone calendar app? Is this an undocumented limitation? Are there other ways to do this?
(Note: I tested this on a Windows 10 Mobile as well as desktop Win 10 - same error.)
Edit/Addition: Since Anthony discovered the IsHidden property is documented as read-only in MSDN here is a screenshot from Visual Studio showing the public setter (which makes it compile, run and seemingly legit to call):
(The app targets Win 10 Build 10586 - maybe it's new, but unfinished?)
Honestly I am surprised this even compiles.
According to the MSDN documentation for AppointmentCalandar
IsHidden - Read-only - Gets whether the AppointmentCalendar is hidden in
the device's built-in calendar UI
This is a read only property and can't be set.
As for your actual question, after carfully reviewing the documentation it appears that this is an oversight in the API. I would raise this concern on the MSDN forums.
This was a bug in 10586 but if you’re using 14393 SDK you can use IsHidden if your app has rights to the calendar without an InvalidAccessException
https://wpdev.uservoice.com/forums/110705-universal-windows-platform/suggestions/15278775-appointmentcalendar-ishidden-setter-throws-a-inval
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