Mark of the Web Re: IE Blocking Active Content:

[Gregory P Sweet <gps03 -at- health -dot- state -dot- ny -dot- us>]

I'm not sure if it will work with Robohelp files, though it should since
they are just html files.
You need to add the "Mark of the Web"  or the line <-- saved from
url=(0012)about:internet --> to the head of each file:

<snipped from Flash tech note>
 Machines with Service Pack 2 will block any html file with active content,
such as activeX control
and/or Javascript, when the file is accessed locally. Publish preview,
print registration, Flash Player detection feature, and viewing samples
features of Flash are affected. Without the Hotfix, users of XP SP2 will
get a security warning. The Flash Player detection feature will not
function at all.

The workaround, provided by Microsoft, is to insert a one line fix to the
.html file. This line
overrides the local machine lockdown by setting the file to the internet
zone instead of the local
machine zone. The line Microsoft calls     Mark of the Web   is simply:
< -- saved from url=(0013)about:internet    -->
</snip>

Full text: http://tinyurl.com/m9btg

This should eliminate the annoying click here for active content message.

Let me know if this works, I don;t have time to test myself right now but
it would be nice to know when my next Robohelp project comes up.

Gregory P. Sweet
Health Media Training Specialist

Bureau of HEALTHCOM Network Systems Management
New York State Department of Health

techwr-l-bounces+gps03=health -dot- state -dot- ny -dot- us -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com wrote on
09/18/2006 09:55:23 AM:

>
> Hello, everyone!
>
> In some situations, Internet Explorer (IE) blocks active content. To
> view the active content, you have to select an option that allows such
> content to be displayed.  For example, I came across this situation:
>
> * I'm creating my help system in RoboHelp (using WebHelp).
>
> * I click My Computer; I click the folder containing my HTM files; I
> click one of the HTM files in my help system; the file opens up in IE.
> However, the Table of contents, Index, and Search functions for the help
> system are not displayed.  I get this message:
>
> "To help protect your security, Internet Explorer has restricted this
> file from showing active content that could access your computer. Click
> here for options..."
>
> * To view the TOC and Index, I have to select an option in IE that
> allows blocked content. Everything is then fine...
>
> HERE'S MY QUESTION: When my end users go to access the help system, will
> they experience this problem too?  If so, what's the best way to handle
> it?  I don't want my end users viewing the help system with no TOC,
> etc., displayed!
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
>
> Keith

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