--- In [email protected], "Roger Millin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > David asked: > > So what was that MS IE problem? > Oh alright then, you smooth talking so and so! ;-)) > > While applying for my on-line marine hand-held radio licence > yesterday (on topic)..........and what a nightmare that was on a > distinctly user-unfriendly site.......I got to the stage where my > licence was accepted and I was trying to view it and then download it > (it's free if you apply on line but £20 if you do a paper transaction > via the post). > Hovering my mouse arrow over the button to download it I could see > the string: > javascript:c_d(s_13,new Array("1-RT4Q1","s_1_2_19_0","SWERowId0=1- > RT4OW,SWERowId1=1-RT4Q1"),s_14,s_15,"_blank") > > Clicking the button opened a new page with 'about:blank' where the > url address normally is and, surprise, surprise, only displayed a > blank page. > > I use IE7 by the way. I tried everything I could think of to fix the > problem, going into Options and faffing around with settings and > nothing would fix it. In the end my old sparring partner in Belgium > downloaded it via his Firefox browser and sent it across (hence his > cryptic posting just now....bless him ;-)))) > I contacted the webmaster of Ofcom and got a very quick reply saying > that this was a very common problem and suggesting it was something > to do with my settings......but not offering a solution to the techie > problem. He did open it for me though and attach the pdf file that I > wanted to his e-mail (and also offer to send it through the post, if > I wished). > > My question is, does anyone know how to get IE7 to handle a > Javascript link in a web-site? > Roger >
Having just bought a new computer and Microsoft will not upgrade Vista to XP I to am forced to use IE7 and I think an automatic update Bol.... IE7 and Java script because after some update downloads I could not get the Dutch Manual site to work. One day and another update later it worked again so you may find it works now. Tony Brooks
