Editor not working with IE / High Security Level (ActiveX disabled)

[thomas.mueller@…]

Our customers are mainly big corporate IT companies, use Internet Explorer with high security settings and don't let the users change those settings. No Admin rights, IE settings are locked. No chance to install Firefox.

Is there something that could be done?

The Editor Widget doesn't work with High Security level in Internet Explorer. It looks like it fails when trying to init XMLHTTP. I read there is a IFrame transport implemented (Ticket #34)? How can this transport be enabled, so that the Editor works?

It's easy to reproduce the problem: disable ActiveX, enable JavaScript?.

Settings: Windows XP Internet Explorer Version 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519 Tools / Internet Options / Security Default Level / High Custom Level... Scripting / Active scripting: Enable

Test pages and errors:

​http://archive.dojotoolkit.org/nightly/tests/widget/test_Editor_from_textarea.html

FATAL: XMLHTTP not available: Automation server can't create object DEBUG: failed loading ../../src/widget/Editor.js with error: [Error: XMLHTTP not available: Automation server can't create object] FATAL: XMLHTTP not available: Automation server can't create object DEBUG: failed loading ../../src/widget.js with error: [Error: XMLHTTP not available: Automation server can't create object] FATAL: XMLHTTP not available: Automation server can't create object DEBUG: failed loading ../../src/package.js with error: [Error: XMLHTTP not available: Automation server can't create object] FATAL: XMLHTTP not available: Automation server can't create object DEBUG: failed loading ../../src.js with error: [Error: XMLHTTP not available: Automation server can't create object] FATAL: XMLHTTP not available: Automation server can't create object DEBUG: failed loading ../../package.js with error: [Error: XMLHTTP not available: Automation server can't create object] FATAL: Could not load 'dojo.widget.Editor'; last tried 'package.js'

​http://archive.dojotoolkit.org/nightly/tests/widget/test_Editor.html FATAL: XMLHTTP not available: Automation server can't create object DEBUG: failed loading ../../src/event/package.js with error: [Error: XMLHTTP not available: Automation server can't create object] FATAL: XMLHTTP not available: Automation server can't create object DEBUG: failed loading ../../src/package.js with error: [Error: XMLHTTP not available: Automation server can't create object] FATAL: XMLHTTP not available: Automation server can't create object DEBUG: failed loading ../../package.js with error: [Error: XMLHTTP not available: Automation server can't create object] FATAL: symbol 'dojo.event' is not defined after loading 'package.js'

[dylan]

I'm not sure there's much we can do here... alex?

[thomas. mueller at idparc. ch]

Hi,

Some more information: ActiveXObject are not allowed at that security level. As far as I know Dojo supports an alternative transport (IFRAME transport) if XMLHTTP is not available, but in some situations currently still tries to use XMLHTTP (maybe those places are actually unrelated to the editor, but I'm not sure). I'm not familiar with the Dojo code, so I might be wrong.

Thomas

[bill]

Alex, schedule as 0.4.1 or 0.5 (or wontfix) as you see fit.

[alex]

the iframe transport doesn't handle package loading, although you may be able to use a cross-domain build to handle this situation. Alternately, make a build that interns all the resources for this widget.

Marking "invalid".

[(none)]

Milestone 0.4.1 deleted