PSS ID Number: 167416
Article Last Modified on 10/16/2002
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual Studio 97
- Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Enterprise Edition 5.0
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Enterprise Edition 6.0
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Professional Edition 5.0
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Professional Edition 6.0
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Learning Edition 6.0
- Microsoft Visual J++ 1.1
- Microsoft Visual J++ 6.0
- Microsoft Visual InterDev 1.0
- Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0
- Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN)
This article was previously published under Q167416
SYMPTOMS
Inside the Online Help for Microsoft Visual Studio, links to some topics and
samples do not function. There is no warning or error message.
CAUSE
Online information in the Developer Studio IDE (MSDEV) uses the Internet
Explorer control to display and navigate through the books online. If you
disable some ActiveX technology, you will be unable to navigate much of the
information and samples.
RESOLUTION
In Internet Explorer 5.0, click Internet Options on the Tools menu. For
Internet Explorer 4.0, Internet Options is on the View menu.
In the "Local intranet zone" section of the Security tab, select Medium.
In previous versions of Internet Explorer, go to the View menu and choose
Options. Under Security, select Run ActiveX Scripts.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. MORE INFORMATION
Both the older InfoViewer technology and the more recent HTML Help technology are based on the Internet Explorer browser, and the security settings in Internet Explorer
affect what can be displayed in a Help 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.
Since ActiveX controls downloaded via the Web can be a threat to security,
you can protect yourself by disabling "Allow downloading of active
content". This setting is found in Internet Explorer by choosing Options on
the View menu and then selecting the Security tab.
To allow all MSDN Library links to work, you must select
"Enable ActiveX controls and plug-ins" and select "Run ActiveX
scripts" from the Internet Explorer Security tab.
REFERENCES
For additional information, click the article number below
to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
167410 PRB: JScript Runtime Error for MSDN Samples
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