This issue applies to all three activeX controls i use + Flash.
On 4/20/06, elibol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've modified it to transfer FlashVars
>
> http://anticipatechange.com/huseyin/patentMagic/
>
>
> On 4/20/06, Kevin Newman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > All I'm doing to try and keep the objects from loading is defining all
> > objects with display:none - is there a more reliable way to prevent
> > objects from loading in the background? I took a quick look on msdn for
> > some ActiveX magic method, but wasn't able to find anything.
> >
> > It looks like it does loose the values of some of the params
> > unfortunately. If there is a way around that, I'd be happy to implement
> > it.
> >
> > Kevin N.
> >
> >
> > elibol wrote:
> > > It doesn't seem to Geoff, I tested it with a 100%x100% object:
> > >
> > > http://anticipatechange.com/huseyin/shifty.html
> > >
> > > The object tag has noscale params, there is one problem though, it seems
> > as
> > > if the replaced objects appear to still be loading from the browsers
> > > perspective.
> > >
> > > Besides this, seems like a reliable exploit so far. Nice job Kevin.
> > >
> > > M.
> > >
> > > On 4/20/06, elibol < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Would it make sense for this to work with all Active X Objects? The
> > idea
> > >> is to override object activation by rewriting the objects after the
> > document
> > >> is loaded? Is this a hole in the activation process, where it will only
> > >> force activation when the page is being initialized? Objects written
> > after
> > >> the page is loaded slip through?
> > >>
> > >> M.
> > >>
> > >> On 4/20/06, Kevin Newman < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> I didn't want to have to redefine all the stuff that has already been
> > >>> defined in the html object. So I made this: :-)
> > >>>
> > >>> http://www.unfocus.com/projects/PatentMagic/
> > >>>
> > >>> A super tiny js file include and a stylesheet takes care of all object
> > >>> activation. It's a bit brute force, but it should get the job done if
> > >>> you are looking for a quick fix and are using static embedded html. If
> > >>> anyone has any ideas on how to make this more robust, please let me
> > >>> know. :-)
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Kevin N.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Geoff Stearns wrote:
> > >>>
> > you could do this with flashobject really easily.
> >
> > just call fo.write() whenever you want and it will replace the object
> > you target with your flash movie.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Apr 20, 2006, at 11:04 AM, Kevin Newman wrote:
> >
> >
> > > I prefer solutions that try to hide IE's lack of conformity, like
> > > Dean Edwards's IE 7 script:
> > > http://dean.edwards.name/IE7/
> > >
> > > There are just too many installations to realistically ignore them.
> > >
> > > Speaking of hacking on IE, is there a way to prevent an object from
> > > loading? By that I mean, I want to use Object tags to embed a Swf,
> > > but I don't want it to download or load in the background until I
> > > tell it to via a script interaction (vbscript or javascript). Will
> > > hiding it via css do the trick, or will I need to take further steps
> > > to keep it from loading?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Kevin N.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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