Microsoft KB Archive/151229

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The information in this article applies to:
 * Microsoft Internet Information Server version 1.0
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer version 1.5

SYMPTOMS
When you use Internet Explorer 1.5 for Microsoft Windows NT and click an imagemap, you may receive the following error message:

This program does not support the protocol for accessing 'file1.htm'. However, when you use Internet Explorer 2.0, it works.

CAUSE
Internet Explorer 1.5 requires the map file contain fully-qualified URLs instead of relative URLs. For example, given the following map file:

default file.htm rect (0,1) (170,53) file1.htm rect (264,26) (349,53) file2.htm rect (187,23) (264,53) file3.htm Internet Explorer 1.5 will give the error mentioned above. If you change the map file to the following: default http://server/file.htm rect (0,1) (170,53) http://server/file1.htm rect (264,26) (349,53) http://server/file2.htm rect (187,23) (264,53) http://server/file3.htm Internet Explorer 1.5 will load the mapped file properly. Using fully- qualified URLs will ensure compatibility with all WWW browser clients.

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Internet Explorer version 1.5. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

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Last reviewed: April 22, 1997

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