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Albe V° - 19 Oct 2006 11:56 GMT

An application, developed by my company as a Userdocument ActiveX (.vbd
files), has been properly deployed by an IIS server of the intranet, to
IE6 client.
To allow download, installing and executing of vbd files and related
dll, the server is in "Trusted Sites", with no https check, of each
client.
Let's say the home page is http://LanServer/Application/Home.htm

On IE6 till last month, browsing to the home page showed (lower right
corner of IE): "Trusted Site". Clicking on next application page, let's
say http://LanServer/Application/UserForm.vbd kept the same "Trusted
Site" words on the status bar.

With IE7 and with IE6 with new hotfixes, now show (notice file
extensions):
TRUSTED SITE for http://LanServer/Application/<anyfile>.HTM
UNKNOWN AREA for http://LanServer/Application/<anyfile>.VBD

That is, the same area is identified as Trusted or not, depending on
file extensions. This creates problem, as IE asks "Open or Save" at
each page switch.

Where can I try to manage the matter?

Thanks

Alberto

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Dan L. - 20 Oct 2006 22:00 GMT

I am running into this same issue. Does anyone have a fix or workaround?

Thanks in advance!

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> An application, developed by my company as a Userdocument ActiveX (.vbd
> files), has been properly deployed by an IIS server of the intranet, to
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Albe V° - 03 Nov 2006 11:48 GMT

Dan L. ha usato la sua tastiera per scrivere :

> I am running into this same issue. Does anyone have a fix or workaround?

I definitely think this to be a totally forgotten issue by Microsoft.
During testing on IE7 Beta, I sent MS a feedback regarding this matter.

But in the final release, the problem is still present.
Not satisfied, the problem has been deployed to existing IE6
installations, via WindowsUpdates.

On IE7, anyway, .vbd files seem being completely not identified, as IE7
asks for "Find a program to open it, or Save to disk?".

As customers installing hotfixes are every day growing in number, the
problem is deploying itself quickly around.

I really hope MS had not decided to no more support vbd files. As they
are developed with a development environment sold till last year, it
would be a great shame...

Alberto

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Dan L. - 04 Nov 2006 00:19 GMT

Hi Alberto,
Here is what I was able to come up (with thanks to Microsoft Support!):
(Note: I only NEEDED to do part "c" of step 1 on my PC... But other PCs
seemed to require all steps)

1. Configure Internet Options
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a. Open IE7, click Tools -> Internet Options.
b. Go to Security Tab, add "<YourDomain>" into Local Intranet zone, and
customize settings for Local Intranet to enable all the ActiveX options.
c. Go to Advanced Tab, check "Allow active content to run in files on my
computer" and click OK.

2. Modify registry
======================
a. Click Start -> Run, type "Regedit" (without quotation marks) and click OK.
b. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_MIME_HANDLING.
c. In right pane, double click iexplore.exe and change the value from 1 to 0.

I hope that helps!!!

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priya12 - 09 Aug 2007 20:00 GMT

Hi did you find any solution to open .vbd files on IE7
please let me know
thanks

>Dan L. ha usato la sua tastiera per scrivere :
>> I am running into this same issue. Does anyone have a fix or workaround?
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