Microsoft KB Archive/843558

= Internet Explorer does not open a file that can be rendered full-frame by an ActiveX control =

Article ID: 843558

Article Last Modified on 10/26/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Explorer (Programming) 6.0
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer (Programming) 6 (SP1)
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer (Programming) 5.5 SP2
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01

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SYMPTOMS
When you use Microsoft Internet Explorer to open a file that can be rendered by an ActiveX control (plug-in) that uses the EnableFullPage feature to view or to play files full-frame in the browser window, the file does not open.

For example, when you try to open a Scalable Vector Graphics file (.svg), a Shockwave Flash object (.swf), or an Adobe Acrobat document (.pdf), one of the following conditions may occur:
 * The file does not open.
 * A blank page opens.



CAUSE
This issue may occur when you include a single quotation mark (') in the URL that you specify to open the file.

The security update that is documented in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-015 introduces a change to the way Internet Explorer parses a URL that is used to start a third-party ActiveX control. The single quotation mark is no longer allowed as part of the URL.

For additional information about the cumulative update for Internet Explorer that was released in April, 2003, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

813489 MS03-015: April, 2003, Cumulative Patch for Internet Explorer



WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, remove the single quotation mark character from the URL that you use to open the file.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information about how to register an ActiveX object as the player for a media type, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/components/activex/registration.asp

Additional query words: ie ie5.01 ie55 ie5.5 ie6 ie60 ie6.0 adobe streaming pdf

Keywords: kbprogramming kbautomation kbtshoot kbprb KB843558

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