Thanks Matt! It really seems like it'll be more trouble than it's worth at this point.
They had sent me an early alpha/beta version of the Softimage 2015 integration plug-in, but it just never has worked. Oh well. -Paul On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 1:30 PM, Matt Lind <[email protected]> wrote: > Let’s start with the obvious: > > > > - Make sure you’re running 64 bit version of Alienbrain (can’t > use 32 bit alienbrain with Softimage 2015) > > - Update internet explorer to latest version as newer versions > handle problems better. > > - Reduce ActiveX control restrictions on your local computer. > This can open you up to other things if you do sketchy stuff, but otherwise > should be harmless. If you’re worried, use the setting that asks you to be > prompted before a control is run. > > - Run as administrator (just until you get things working) > > > > All that said, please realize that Alienbrain hasn’t undergone significant > development in many years. We’re using Alienbrain and discontinued use of > the integration years ago. In our experience, even when the integration > was working it created more problems than it solved because of poor design > sending users and files into weird states resulting in loss of work. I > scripted the necessary hooks for us to work efficiently and run them as > events when files are loaded and saved. > > > > Matt > > > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Paul Griswold > *Sent:* Thursday, September 25, 2014 8:32 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Allow XSI to run unsigned ActiveX controls? > > > > I'm trying to get Alienbrain's integration running under 2015. I think > the problem is, it wants to run unsigned ActiveX controls locally. When I > load AB html pages directly into IE, I get a warning about ActiveX. > > > > I've tried setting my intranet security zone to allow unsigned ActiveX > controls, but that didn't seem to do it. > > > > I also tried changing the webcontrol registry setting per this article: > http://xsisupport.com/2011/08/25/netview-and-internet-explorer-9/ > > > > But that caused more problems than it fixed - I suddenly was hit with a > lot of .js errors the moment XSI launched. (jatkinson mentions the same > thing in response to the XSISupport article) > > > > The crash seems to happen with Alienbrain's ActiveX control tries to > access the AB server on my local network. As soon as it gets to that point > it crashes. > > > > It'd be nice to get the integration running again rather than running it > as a separate application. > > > > -Paul > > >
