Ken, Different browsers different behaviours and now I know why. Different sites may be different user behaviours and I suspect I know why.
Now all I have to figure out is how to "make it go away" because, fundamentally, that's all that users want ;-) -- noonie On 21/05/2014 3:54 PM, "Ken Schaefer" <[email protected]> wrote: > So you’re using different browsers to access the different sites? > > > > What if you swap the browsers around? Does the behaviour follow the > browser? Or stay with the website? That will probably give you a clue as to > whether it’s a browser, proxy or website issue. > > > > Cheers > > Ken > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *noonie > *Sent:* Wednesday, 21 May 2014 3:29 PM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: [OT] Copy & Paste from protected Web page > > > > Thanks Ken, > > > > IE and Chrome behave differently and, as the clipboard is involved here, > things get even murkier. We're warming up WireShark as I write ;-) > > > > -- > noonie > > > > > > > > On 20 May 2014 13:48, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote: > > I’d start by finding out whether the challenge is coming from the proxy > server or not. > > Packet capture on the proxy server can probably help you here, as it > should show what the proxy server is doing vs. what is coming directly from > the web server. > > > > Cheers > > Ken > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *noonie > *Sent:* Tuesday, 20 May 2014 8:22 AM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: [OT] Copy & Paste from protected Web page > > > > Probably not IE as the user agent string is slightly different ending in > MSOffice 12 which indicates Outlook or Word. It identifies itself as an > earlier version of IE tahn the version installed as the browser. > > > > -- > > noonie > > > > On 19 May 2014 19:22, <[email protected]> wrote: > > I would assume word is using the IE to grad the urls, hence if you have > logged into the website using IE, then word may be aware of this? > > > > Just my suggestion…not sure how true it is! > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *noonie > *Sent:* Monday, 19 May 2014 6:20 PM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* [OT] Copy & Paste from protected Web page > > > > Greetings, > > I'm trying to figure out an issue that a user has reported. When they copy > text from a Web page into Microsoft Word they are prompted for credentials > on one site but not on another, similarly configured, site. > > Both sites are basic auth over https and both are ASP.net apps with very > minor differences. The major differences are in their proxy configurations. > I can understand why credentials are required but not why they seem to be > automatically offered in one case but not in the other. > > Where can I find some documentation about how Windows and Office conspire > together to grab CSS files so Word can decide what text formatting to offer? > > -- > Regards, > noonie > > > > >
