More Fixes For Viewing
Applets
Part 1
Are you able to see the applet above
working?
Chances are, if you
have
Windows
XP
(for those of
you with Service Pack 2 or 3 installed)
you may be having some problems.
There are both Internet Explorer
Security and Java issues that may prohibit you from viewing
applets as you had previously been able to do in Outlook
Express and Internet Explorer. Service Pack 2 &
Service Pack 3 updates have made it impossible to view applets
in Outlook Express.
What? No more applets in our
emails? Certainly not! As always in the past, a way around
this has been found. You will need to make some
changes to your Internet Explorer/Internet Options Properties box
to the Security tab and Advanced tab in order to fix this
problem.
Once the SP2 and/or
SP3 updates have been made, you will no longer able to
view applet stationery that uses the <applet> code
in the script the way that we have always coded in the past.
You will find that Microsoft VM is no longer functioning as it
did in Service Pack 1 and that the Sun JRE program has taken
over as the default program for viewing applets and can only view
the <applet> tag through Internet Explorer.
The Microsoft VM program has
been disabled completely and will need to be reinstated to restore the
Outlook Express stationery viewing of the <applet> tags as we have
always used them. So now you are going to be
forced to make a choice between the two java programs. This
change is now being required due to the eventual deprocation of
the <APPLET> tag for security purposes. However, be aware
that if you decide to use the Microsoft VM program, that you may not be
able to see some of the newer applets with
it.
You could choose to use the
Sun JRE program in Outlook Express, but it will require some changes in
your applet stationery script coding. You would use an
<IFRAME> code method which requires fewer changes to your
security settings and still uses the Sun JRE program if you like
which lets you see the newer applets. However, when you use this
code, you would code your applet stationery using an
<IFRAME> tag in the stationery .html that will load the
<applet> from an .html file in your website.
The complete instructions
for using the <IFRAME> method can be found
on Viewing
Applets in E-Mail Using <IFRAME> Coding . This page
should be especially helpful for for those people with Windows Vista and
also for those who are still having difficulty seeing applets in their
email with other operating systems.
The
main difference would be that you and the other members would be
able to see your applets as usual, but you would not see the other
members applet that are coded with <applet> tags in your
email.
If you follow
these instructions, you should be able to solve your applet viewing
problems. If not, you may want to uninstall the SP2 and/or SP3
updates to get back to SP1 since you know that it will work
for you. You can uninstall the updates in the Add/Remove
Programs section in your Control Panel (Start/Settings/Control
Panel/Add/Remove Programs) or do a System Restore
(Start/Programs/Accessories/System Tools/System Restore) to a time
before the updates were done to accomplish that:
First of all, you will need to make sure
that your security settings in both Internet Explorer and Outlook
Express will allow you to view your
applets. If you are using Outlook
Express 6.0 for viewing applets in a
stationery, there is a problem with the default security
settings. You will need to change a few things in
your security settings in Outlook Express to correct
it. If you haven't already done this, you can find the security
tab by clicking on tools and then options from
the drop-down at the top of the Outlook Express toolbar and then on the
security tab.
Make the changes indicated inside the red box in the
example below, *Internet zone (Less secure,
but more functional) should be ticked and *Do not
allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentionally be a
virus should be un-checked. Don't worry, your virus
scanner will protect you from harmful files in your e-mail when
kept up to date.
Be sure to click Apply/OK to save your changes . .
.
Now, let's make some changes to the Security
settings in Internet Explorer Properties. To open your
Internet Explorer Properties box, you will first need to open your
Internet Explorer. Click on tools, then highlight internet options
and open the Internet Properties box as we have done in the
examples below . . .
Next click on the security tab at
the top of the Internet Properties box to make the changes that we need
to make. These changes will not only allow you to see applets, but
will also help you with some of your ActiveX problems in your
stationery creations. Click on the Custom
level button at the bottom of the box shown in the example below .
. .
Starting at the top, under ActiveX
One of the changes that I made was to
enable *Allow Scriptlets and *Automatic prompting for
ActiveX controls as I have indicated inside the red box
in the example below . . .
*Note - Most of the ActiveX changes will be made
automatically by changing the custom level at the bottom from
medium-high to medium. You will need to restart your computer for
some of these changes to be activated. I suggest that
you wait until we have done all of them to do your restart.
Next, scroll down and enable *Display video and
animation on a webpage that does not use an external media player as is
shown inside the red box in the example below . . .
Next, scroll down to the Downloads section and enable
*Automatic prompting for file downloads as shown inside the red box in
the example below . . .
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