Article ID: 167410
Article Last Modified on 3/25/2004
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 3
- Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual J++ 1.1 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Visual InterDev 1.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q167410
SYMPTOMS
When you click a link to access a sample (or click other similar links),
the following error message appears:
Microsoft JScript runtime error
[Line: xxx] 'yyy' is not an object
where 'xxx' is a line number and 'yyy' is an identifier that varies
depending on the link.
CAUSE
Online information in the Developer Studio IDE (MSDEV) and the stand-alone
Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) uses the Microsoft Internet Explorer control to display and browse through the books online. If you disable some ActiveX technology, you will be unable to browse much of the information and samples.
RESOLUTION
In Internet Explorer click
Options on the
View menu. Under
Security, select
Enable ActiveX controls and plug-ins.
In Internet Explorer 4.0, click
Internet Options on the
View menu. On the
Security tab, look at the following zones if they are present in the Zone
list:
- Internet zone
- Local Intranet zone
- Trusted site zone
For each of these zones, make sure that the security level is set to Medium
or lower.
STATUS
This behavior is by design.
MORE INFORMATION
The InfoViewer technology used in the Developer Studio IDE is based on the
Internet Explorer browser, and the security settings in Internet Explorer
affect what can be displayed in an InfoViewer window.
The recommended way to protect yourself from unsafe Internet applets and
scripts is to prevent them from downloading accidentally. ActiveX
components that you have already installed on your own computer should be
safe. Either you have deliberately downloaded the component and had an
opportunity to evaluate it, or you have installed the component from a CD-
ROM or floppies and would only do this if you know and trust the source.
Therefore, you shouldn't need to prevent local components from running to
be secure.
Because ActiveX controls that are downloaded from the Web can be a threat to security, you can protect yourself by disabling the ability to download ActiveX controls. On Internet Explorer 4.0, setting the security level to Medium results in a warning message before ActiveX controls are downloaded.
To allow all MSDN links to work, you must follow the steps in the
"Resolution" section.
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