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Subject: IE ActiveX Update
Hi, Microsoft is about to release some troubling IE updates for ActiveX controls... this is regarding the EOLAS vs Microsoft lawsuit. The deployment (Windows Automatic Update) of these updates will apparently start in April. Future versions of Windows and IE (pre-installed on systems) will be shipping with the update (specific dates unknown). A system with such an updated version of IE will require user interaction (via a click) before a CGM file embedded in HTML can be displayed on screen. A bad user experience is about to begin for CGM users unless they start changing their web pages. The workaround suggested by Microsoft, Apple, Macromedia etc... is to remove the <object> tag from HTML pages and add a script to every web page which dynamically inserts an object tag (if the <object> tag is dynamically inserted, it's not in violation of the EOLAS patent). This needs to be dealt with at multiple level... - CGM vendors have to deal with this (generators of HTML + CGM) - Users needs to update their existing web page (or block the update). - How do we (cgmopen) ease the transition for the webcgm community? - The test suite will need to be updated (in my opinion). - Some early experiences with Itedo's code base shows some problems with the WebCGM 2.0 'onload' param when the <object> tag is dynamically inserted. This may be specific to our implementation, but if not; the group needs to take some decisions about the 'onload' param. It would be good if vendors/users of this mailing list could collaborate about this as it affects all of us. Ralf, if some of the information is inaccurate, please let us know. Regards, -- Benoit mailto:benoit@itedo.com This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may be protected by legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of this e-mail or any attachment is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by returning it to the sender and delete this copy from your system. Thank you for your cooperation.
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