FIX: Plugin API NPN_PostURL Causes Internet Explorer to Fail
Article ID: 182868
Article Last Modified on 11/19/1999
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 128-Bit Edition
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 2
This article was previously published under Q182868
SYMPTOMS
Plugins fail during a call to NPN_PostURL when hosted in Internet Explorer
4.0x (IE4).
RESOLUTION
Append post information onto the end of the URL and use NPN_GetURL instead.
For example, instead of this
NPN_PostURL(instance, "http://url", "", 9, "postdata", FALSE);
Use this
NPN_GetURL(instance, "http://url?postdata", "");
There is an upper limit of 2k on a GET URL. For larger amounts of POST
data, there is no workaround available at this time.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed
at the beginning of this article. This bug has been fixed in Internet
Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 1.
Keywords: kbbug kbfix KB182868