ActiveXObject

[Peter Kirk]

Hi there,

I am having trouble with ActiveXObject. I have a function which includes
this snippet:

alert('INIT 1');
orgdoc = new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLDOM');
alert('INIT 2');

I see the "INIT 1" alert box, but "INIT 2" is never displayed. It is as if
the ActiveXObject fails and the function exits without executing anything
else. Is that possible? And what could possible problems be?

Thanks,
Peter

[Randy Webb]

Peter Kirk wrote:

Hi there,

I am having trouble with ActiveXObject. I have a function which includes
this snippet:

alert('INIT 1');
orgdoc = new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLDOM');
alert('INIT 2');

I see the "INIT 1" alert box, but "INIT 2" is never displayed. It is as if
the ActiveXObject fails and the function exits without executing anything
else. Is that possible? And what could possible problems be?

With IE6, and this script I get both alerts:

function testIt(){
alert('INIT 1');
orgdoc = new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLDOM');
alert('INIT 2');
}
window.onload = testIt;

What browser are you testing it in?

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Randy
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[Grant Wagner]

Peter Kirk wrote:

Hi there,

I am having trouble with ActiveXObject. I have a function which includes
this snippet:

alert('INIT 1');
orgdoc = new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLDOM');
alert('INIT 2');

I see the "INIT 1" alert box, but "INIT 2" is never displayed. It is as if
the ActiveXObject fails and the function exits without executing anything
else. Is that possible? And what could possible problems be?

Thanks,
Peter

Look in the lower left corner of Internet Explorer for a yellow !. If it is
there, double-click it, you'll most likely see that your code is causing an
error. Security settings might be preventing ActiveX objects from being run,
in which case, your code would be generating an "Automation server can't
create object" error.
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