Mark of the Web

#1 (**permalink**) 09-28-2008

I have built web pages that will NOT be hosted on the internet but will
instead be distributed by CD. There is a problem with my links not working
from my search engine results page which I have traced down to being a
compatibility issue between Windows and Internet Explorer (The search.html
page has been tagged to be in the "Internet" security zone and will not
follow links to pages in the "Local Machine" zone (hard disk and CD). I
tried adding the MOTW () at the
beginning of the HTML pages but now my PDF and JPEG links for the entire site
don't work. Is there a solution to this problem?

Thanks.

#2 (**permalink**) 09-29-2008

This is what works for me.

Make sure "saved from url" is located as shown:

<!doctype>

<html>

and check that this option is set:

'Internet Options->Advanced->Security'
check "Allow active content to run in files on My Computer"

One trick that may or may not work is to rename
the extension from .htm/.html to .hta

ju.c

"AD" <AD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CFCFCA90-11EA-4492-874F-3FC7588B6075@microsoft.com...
> I have built web pages that will NOT be hosted on the internet but will
> instead be distributed by CD. There is a problem with my links not working
> from my search engine results page which I have traced down to being a
> compatibility issue between Windows and Internet Explorer (The search.html
> page has been tagged to be in the "Internet" security zone and will not
> follow links to pages in the "Local Machine" zone (hard disk and CD). I
> tried adding the MOTW () at the
> beginning of the HTML pages but now my PDF and JPEG links for the entire site
> don't work. Is there a solution to this problem?
>
> Thanks.

#3 (**permalink**) 09-29-2008

I tried changing my search page to a .hta file but then the results page
won't come up. If I add the MOTW then how does this help the PDF files? Do
I just add it to the search page? That doesn't seem to do anything.

AD

"ju.c" wrote:

> This is what works for me.
>
>
> Make sure "saved from url" is located as shown:
>
> <!doctype>
> 
> <html>
>
> and check that this option is set:
>
> 'Internet Options->Advanced->Security'
> check "Allow active content to run in files on My Computer"
>
>
> One trick that may or may not work is to rename
> the extension from .htm/.html to .hta
>
>
> ju.c
>
>
> "AD" <AD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CFCFCA90-11EA-4492-874F-3FC7588B6075@microsoft.com...
> > I have built web pages that will NOT be hosted on the internet but will
> > instead be distributed by CD. There is a problem with my links not working
> > from my search engine results page which I have traced down to being a
> > compatibility issue between Windows and Internet Explorer (The search.html
> > page has been tagged to be in the "Internet" security zone and will not
> > follow links to pages in the "Local Machine" zone (hard disk and CD). I
> > tried adding the MOTW () at the
> > beginning of the HTML pages but now my PDF and JPEG links for the entire site
> > don't work. Is there a solution to this problem?
> >
> > Thanks.
>

#4 (**permalink**) 09-29-2008

Your 1st suggestion worked beautifully! Thank you so much for your help!

AD

"ju.c" wrote:

> This is what works for me.
>
>
> Make sure "saved from url" is located as shown:
>
> <!doctype>
> 
> <html>
>
> and check that this option is set:
>
> 'Internet Options->Advanced->Security'
> check "Allow active content to run in files on My Computer"
>
>
> One trick that may or may not work is to rename
> the extension from .htm/.html to .hta
>
>
> ju.c
>
>
> "AD" <AD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CFCFCA90-11EA-4492-874F-3FC7588B6075@microsoft.com...
> > I have built web pages that will NOT be hosted on the internet but will
> > instead be distributed by CD. There is a problem with my links not working
> > from my search engine results page which I have traced down to being a
> > compatibility issue between Windows and Internet Explorer (The search.html
> > page has been tagged to be in the "Internet" security zone and will not
> > follow links to pages in the "Local Machine" zone (hard disk and CD). I
> > tried adding the MOTW () at the
> > beginning of the HTML pages but now my PDF and JPEG links for the entire site
> > don't work. Is there a solution to this problem?
> >
> > Thanks.
>

#5 (**permalink**) 09-30-2008

You're welcome!

"AD" <AD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:39F43414-8E55-4FF1-AE55-5100133ACDBC@microsoft.com...
> Your 1st suggestion worked beautifully! Thank you so much for your help!
>
> AD
>
> "ju.c" wrote:
>
>> This is what works for me.
>>
>>
>> Make sure "saved from url" is located as shown:
>>
>> <!doctype>
>> 
>> <html>
>>
>> and check that this option is set:
>>
>> 'Internet Options->Advanced->Security'
>> check "Allow active content to run in files on My Computer"
>>
>>
>> One trick that may or may not work is to rename
>> the extension from .htm/.html to .hta
>>
>>
>> ju.c
>>
>>
>> "AD" <AD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CFCFCA90-11EA-4492-874F-3FC7588B6075@microsoft.com...
>> > I have built web pages that will NOT be hosted on the internet but will
>> > instead be distributed by CD. There is a problem with my links not working
>> > from my search engine results page which I have traced down to being a
>> > compatibility issue between Windows and Internet Explorer (The search.html
>> > page has been tagged to be in the "Internet" security zone and will not
>> > follow links to pages in the "Local Machine" zone (hard disk and CD). I
>> > tried adding the MOTW () at the
>> > beginning of the HTML pages but now my PDF and JPEG links for the entire site
>> > don't work. Is there a solution to this problem?
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>>

#6 (**permalink**) 10-27-2008

I have a similar problem to the one that AD described. I work for a US
University that creates interactive web-based content for educating people
about physics and other scientific concepts. We allow users to download and
install a full copy of the web site in case they need to use it off line.
When the users do this, any user who uses Internet Explorer gets the security
message that says, "To help protect your security, Internet Explorer has
restricted this webpage from running scripts or ActiveX controls that could
access your computer" on every page. I googled on this message, found out
about the Mark of the Web (MOTW), and tried implementing it. It worked fine
for all HTML pages (i.e. the error message went away), but the links to the
simulations, which are Java files referenced through JNLP, don't work. I
tried adding the MOTW comment to the JNLP file, but to no avail. I also
tried setting the option that ju.c describes below, but the content is still
inaccessible. Finally, I tried linking directly to the .jar file for the
Java app, and got the same result. There are no error messages or any
indication that something is wrong - the JNLP application is simply not
launched when the user clicks on the corresponding link.

Is there any solution to this problem?

Thanks.

"ju.c" wrote:

> This is what works for me.
>
>
> Make sure "saved from url" is located as shown:
>
> <!doctype>
> 
> <html>
>
> and check that this option is set:
>
> 'Internet Options->Advanced->Security'
> check "Allow active content to run in files on My Computer"
>
>
> One trick that may or may not work is to rename
> the extension from .htm/.html to .hta
>
>
> ju.c
>
>
> "AD" <AD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CFCFCA90-11EA-4492-874F-3FC7588B6075@microsoft.com...
> > I have built web pages that will NOT be hosted on the internet but will
> > instead be distributed by CD. There is a problem with my links not working
> > from my search engine results page which I have traced down to being a
> > compatibility issue between Windows and Internet Explorer (The search.html
> > page has been tagged to be in the "Internet" security zone and will not
> > follow links to pages in the "Local Machine" zone (hard disk and CD). I
> > tried adding the MOTW () at the
> > beginning of the HTML pages but now my PDF and JPEG links for the entire site
> > don't work. Is there a solution to this problem?
> >
> > Thanks.
>

#7 (**permalink**) 10-28-2008

Sounds like a problem with your links. For offline, have the support
files in the same folder or a subfolder and use relative paths to them.

If you don't understand then post a sample link and I'll show you.

ju.c

"JB" <JB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9F3D6583-EC46-4F71-B50E-7FE36E3D3679@microsoft.com...
> I have a similar problem to the one that AD described. I work for a US
> University that creates interactive web-based content for educating people
> about physics and other scientific concepts. We allow users to download and
> install a full copy of the web site in case they need to use it off line.
> When the users do this, any user who uses Internet Explorer gets the security
> message that says, "To help protect your security, Internet Explorer has
> restricted this webpage from running scripts or ActiveX controls that could
> access your computer" on every page. I googled on this message, found out
> about the Mark of the Web (MOTW), and tried implementing it. It worked fine
> for all HTML pages (i.e. the error message went away), but the links to the
> simulations, which are Java files referenced through JNLP, don't work. I
> tried adding the MOTW comment to the JNLP file, but to no avail. I also
> tried setting the option that ju.c describes below, but the content is still
> inaccessible. Finally, I tried linking directly to the .jar file for the
> Java app, and got the same result. There are no error messages or any
> indication that something is wrong - the JNLP application is simply not
> launched when the user clicks on the corresponding link.
>
> Is there any solution to this problem?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> "ju.c" wrote:
>
>> This is what works for me.
>>
>>
>> Make sure "saved from url" is located as shown:
>>
>> <!doctype>
>> 
>> <html>
>>
>> and check that this option is set:
>>
>> 'Internet Options->Advanced->Security'
>> check "Allow active content to run in files on My Computer"
>>
>>
>> One trick that may or may not work is to rename
>> the extension from .htm/.html to .hta
>>
>>
>> ju.c
>>
>>
>> "AD" <AD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CFCFCA90-11EA-4492-874F-3FC7588B6075@microsoft.com...
>> > I have built web pages that will NOT be hosted on the internet but will
>> > instead be distributed by CD. There is a problem with my links not working
>> > from my search engine results page which I have traced down to being a
>> > compatibility issue between Windows and Internet Explorer (The search.html
>> > page has been tagged to be in the "Internet" security zone and will not
>> > follow links to pages in the "Local Machine" zone (hard disk and CD). I
>> > tried adding the MOTW () at the
>> > beginning of the HTML pages but now my PDF and JPEG links for the entire site
>> > don't work. Is there a solution to this problem?
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>>

#8 (**permalink**) 10-28-2008

ju.c,

Thanks for the response. I tried doing a very simple version of all this in
order to distill the problem down to its essence, and even with all the files
in the same directory, I still run into the same issue.

Below is the text of the HTML file that doesn't work. The behavior is that
when I click on either of the links described in the file, nothing happens.
There is no error message at all, it just doesn't work. If I use the exact
same file witout the MOTW tag, the links work fine, but I get the security
warning.

Any help you (or anyone else) can offer on this would be greatly
appreciated. If you'd like the set of HTML, JAR, and JNLP files (4 total
files) so that you can duplicate the problem, please let me know how to post
them or otherwise get them to you.

HTML File:


<html>
<head>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000ff" vlink="#ff0000"
alink="#ffff00">
<a href="./lasers.jar">Lasers Jar File</a>
<br>
<a href="./lasers.jnlp">Lasers JNLP File</a>
<br>
</body>
</html>

"ju.c" wrote:

> Sounds like a problem with your links. For offline, have the support
> files in the same folder or a subfolder and use relative paths to them.
>
> If you don't understand then post a sample link and I'll show you.
>
>
> ju.c
>
>
> "JB" <JB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9F3D6583-EC46-4F71-B50E-7FE36E3D3679@microsoft.com...
> > I have a similar problem to the one that AD described. I work for a US
> > University that creates interactive web-based content for educating people
> > about physics and other scientific concepts. We allow users to download and
> > install a full copy of the web site in case they need to use it off line.
> > When the users do this, any user who uses Internet Explorer gets the security
> > message that says, "To help protect your security, Internet Explorer has
> > restricted this webpage from running scripts or ActiveX controls that could
> > access your computer" on every page. I googled on this message, found out
> > about the Mark of the Web (MOTW), and tried implementing it. It worked fine
> > for all HTML pages (i.e. the error message went away), but the links to the
> > simulations, which are Java files referenced through JNLP, don't work. I
> > tried adding the MOTW comment to the JNLP file, but to no avail. I also
> > tried setting the option that ju.c describes below, but the content is still
> > inaccessible. Finally, I tried linking directly to the .jar file for the
> > Java app, and got the same result. There are no error messages or any
> > indication that something is wrong - the JNLP application is simply not
> > launched when the user clicks on the corresponding link.
> >
> > Is there any solution to this problem?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> > "ju.c" wrote:
> >
> >> This is what works for me.
> >>
> >>
> >> Make sure "saved from url" is located as shown:
> >>
> >> <!doctype>
> >> 
> >> <html>
> >>
> >> and check that this option is set:
> >>
> >> 'Internet Options->Advanced->Security'
> >> check "Allow active content to run in files on My Computer"
> >>
> >>
> >> One trick that may or may not work is to rename
> >> the extension from .htm/.html to .hta
> >>
> >>
> >> ju.c
> >>
> >>
> >> "AD" <AD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CFCFCA90-11EA-4492-874F-3FC7588B6075@microsoft.com...
> >> > I have built web pages that will NOT be hosted on the internet but will
> >> > instead be distributed by CD. There is a problem with my links not working
> >> > from my search engine results page which I have traced down to being a
> >> > compatibility issue between Windows and Internet Explorer (The search.html
> >> > page has been tagged to be in the "Internet" security zone and will not
> >> > follow links to pages in the "Local Machine" zone (hard disk and CD). I
> >> > tried adding the MOTW () at the
> >> > beginning of the HTML pages but now my PDF and JPEG links for the entire site
> >> > don't work. Is there a solution to this problem?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks.
> >>
>

#9 (**permalink**) 10-28-2008

..p.jm,

I read through the information on the link you provided, but I don't think
it will solve my problem. I am able to put the MOTW tag in all of the HTML
files, but the problem is that the links that point from these HTML files to
my JNLP or JAR files do not work when the MOTW tag/comment is present. Have
you tried this after having inserted the MOTW tag/comment using your program
and, if so, did it work for you?

Thanks,
JB

".p.jm@see_my_sig_for_address.com" wrote:

> On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:53:02 -0700, JB <JB@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
>
> >I have a similar problem to the one that AD described. I work for a US
> >University that creates interactive web-based content for educating people
> >about physics and other scientific concepts. We allow users to download and
> >install a full copy of the web site in case they need to use it off line.
> >When the users do this, any user who uses Internet Explorer gets the security
> >message that says, "To help protect your security, Internet Explorer has
> >restricted this webpage from running scripts or ActiveX controls that could
> >access your computer" on every page. I googled on this message, found out
> >about the Mark of the Web (MOTW), and tried implementing it. It worked fine
> >for all HTML pages (i.e. the error message went away), but the links to the
> >simulations, which are Java files referenced through JNLP, don't work. I
> >tried adding the MOTW comment to the JNLP file, but to no avail. I also
> >tried setting the option that ju.c describes below, but the content is still
> >inaccessible. Finally, I tried linking directly to the .jar file for the
> >Java app, and got the same result. There are no error messages or any
> >indication that something is wrong - the JNLP application is simply not
> >launched when the user clicks on the corresponding link.
> >
> >Is there any solution to this problem?
> >
> >Thanks.
>
> Free program to fix it in 10 seconds
>
> http://www.markoftheweb.com/
>
>
>
> >
> >
> >"ju.c" wrote:
> >
> >> This is what works for me.
> >>
> >>
> >> Make sure "saved from url" is located as shown:
> >>
> >> <!doctype>
> >> 
> >> <html>
> >>
> >> and check that this option is set:
> >>
> >> 'Internet Options->Advanced->Security'
> >> check "Allow active content to run in files on My Computer"
> >>
> >>
> >> One trick that may or may not work is to rename
> >> the extension from .htm/.html to .hta
> >>
> >>
> >> ju.c
> >>
> >>
> >> "AD" <AD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CFCFCA90-11EA-4492-874F-3FC7588B6075@microsoft.com...
> >> > I have built web pages that will NOT be hosted on the internet but will
> >> > instead be distributed by CD. There is a problem with my links not working
> >> > from my search engine results page which I have traced down to being a
> >> > compatibility issue between Windows and Internet Explorer (The search.html
> >> > page has been tagged to be in the "Internet" security zone and will not
> >> > follow links to pages in the "Local Machine" zone (hard disk and CD). I
> >> > tried adding the MOTW () at the
> >> > beginning of the HTML pages but now my PDF and JPEG links for the entire site
> >> > don't work. Is there a solution to this problem?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks.
> >>
>
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#10 (**permalink**) 10-28-2008

On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:53:02 -0700, JB <JB@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>I have a similar problem to the one that AD described. I work for a US
>University that creates interactive web-based content for educating people
>about physics and other scientific concepts. We allow users to download and
>install a full copy of the web site in case they need to use it off line.
>When the users do this, any user who uses Internet Explorer gets the security
>message that says, "To help protect your security, Internet Explorer has
>restricted this webpage from running scripts or ActiveX controls that could
>access your computer" on every page. I googled on this message, found out
>about the Mark of the Web (MOTW), and tried implementing it. It worked fine
>for all HTML pages (i.e. the error message went away), but the links to the
>simulations, which are Java files referenced through JNLP, don't work. I
>tried adding the MOTW comment to the JNLP file, but to no avail. I also
>tried setting the option that ju.c describes below, but the content is still
>inaccessible. Finally, I tried linking directly to the .jar file for the
>Java app, and got the same result. There are no error messages or any
>indication that something is wrong - the JNLP application is simply not
>launched when the user clicks on the corresponding link.
>
>Is there any solution to this problem?
>
>Thanks.

Free program to fix it in 10 seconds

http://www.markoftheweb.com/

>
>
>"ju.c" wrote:
>
>> This is what works for me.
>>
>>
>> Make sure "saved from url" is located as shown:
>>
>> <!doctype>
>> 
>> <html>
>>
>> and check that this option is set:
>>
>> 'Internet Options->Advanced->Security'
>> check "Allow active content to run in files on My Computer"
>>
>>
>> One trick that may or may not work is to rename
>> the extension from .htm/.html to .hta
>>
>>
>> ju.c
>>
>>
>> "AD" <AD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CFCFCA90-11EA-4492-874F-3FC7588B6075@microsoft.com...
>> > I have built web pages that will NOT be hosted on the internet but will
>> > instead be distributed by CD. There is a problem with my links not working
>> > from my search engine results page which I have traced down to being a
>> > compatibility issue between Windows and Internet Explorer (The search.html
>> > page has been tagged to be in the "Internet" security zone and will not
>> > follow links to pages in the "Local Machine" zone (hard disk and CD). I
>> > tried adding the MOTW () at the
>> > beginning of the HTML pages but now my PDF and JPEG links for the entire site
>> > don't work. Is there a solution to this problem?
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>>

--
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'With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine.'
HVAC/R program for Palm PDA's
Free demo online at www.pmilligan.net/palm/
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