Comments on: “Click to activate and use this control” - The Fix http://www.fotiweb.com/2006/05/10/click-to-activate-and-use-this-control-the-fix/ All things Foti! Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:55:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Peter Foti http://www.fotiweb.com/2006/05/10/click-to-activate-and-use-this-control-the-fix/#comment-3773 Peter Foti Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:39:23 +0000 http://www.fotiweb.com/2006/05/10/click-to-activate-and-use-this-control-the-fix/#comment-3773 @Bob First, let me say that I no longer recommend this method. Better alternatives have been released since I originally posted this. Check my follow up post: http://www.fotiweb.com/?p=19 I would strongly recommend using one of those methods instead. As for your example, it's hard to tell what you might be doing wrong without seeing a full code example. Do you have a that is overriding the window.onload? Or do you perhaps have another window.onload method that is overriding it? You could try throwing some alert statements into the JavaScript to see what it's doing. But like I said, check out one of the other methods in my follow up post. They are much better and well tested. @Bob
First, let me say that I no longer recommend this method. Better alternatives have been released since I originally posted this. Check my follow up post:
http://www.fotiweb.com/?p=19
I would strongly recommend using one of those methods instead.
As for your example, it’s hard to tell what you might be doing wrong without seeing a full code example. Do you have a that is overriding the window.onload? Or do you perhaps have another window.onload method that is overriding it? You could try throwing some alert statements into the JavaScript to see what it’s doing.

But like I said, check out one of the other methods in my follow up post. They are much better and well tested.

]]> By: Bob http://www.fotiweb.com/2006/05/10/click-to-activate-and-use-this-control-the-fix/#comment-3772 Bob Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:19:53 +0000 http://www.fotiweb.com/2006/05/10/click-to-activate-and-use-this-control-the-fix/#comment-3772 Here is the top part of my webpage: NETPAW window.onload = activateActiveX; <!--Set the font for the system--> <!--Display the system background--> <!--Display the system heading--> Version 1.2.8 I also copied and pasted the other code into a file called activeX.js and placed that file in the same directory as the code above. It still does not work for me (requires click to activate control). Can you tell me what I am doing wrong? Thanks, Bob. Here is the top part of my webpage:

NETPAW

window.onload = activateActiveX;

Version 1.2.8

I also copied and pasted the other code into a file called activeX.js and placed that file in the same directory as the code above. It still does not work for me (requires click to activate control). Can you tell me what I am doing wrong?

Thanks,

Bob.

]]> By: rapid http://www.fotiweb.com/2006/05/10/click-to-activate-and-use-this-control-the-fix/#comment-2221 rapid Thu, 10 May 2007 08:49:54 +0000 http://www.fotiweb.com/2006/05/10/click-to-activate-and-use-this-control-the-fix/#comment-2221 Take a look at this solution with just 2 lines of code. this site which has a solution to flash objects 'click here to activate control' not seen it before anywhere and it works on blogs as well. http://clickheretoactivate.blogspot.com/ Take a look at this solution with just 2 lines of code.

this site which has a solution to flash objects ‘click here to activate control’ not seen it before anywhere and it works on blogs as well. http://clickheretoactivate.blogspot.com/

]]> By: Fotiweb » Blog Archive » “Click to activate and use this control” - Part 2 http://www.fotiweb.com/2006/05/10/click-to-activate-and-use-this-control-the-fix/#comment-1444 Fotiweb » Blog Archive » “Click to activate and use this control” - Part 2 Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:24:08 +0000 http://www.fotiweb.com/2006/05/10/click-to-activate-and-use-this-control-the-fix/#comment-1444 [...] In my original post, I discussed a method that involved searching for all of the ActiveX content and replacing it with it’s own outterHTML. As it turns out, I was on to something. But I lacked the need for this fix, and I always considered it to be somewhat experimental. I was never able to put much time into evolving it. Fortunately, I wasn’t the only one taking this approach. [...] […] In my original post, I discussed a method that involved searching for all of the ActiveX content and replacing it with it’s own outterHTML. As it turns out, I was on to something. But I lacked the need for this fix, and I always considered it to be somewhat experimental. I was never able to put much time into evolving it. Fortunately, I wasn’t the only one taking this approach. […]

]]> By: Peter Foti http://www.fotiweb.com/2006/05/10/click-to-activate-and-use-this-control-the-fix/#comment-1442 Peter Foti Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:20:00 +0000 http://www.fotiweb.com/2006/05/10/click-to-activate-and-use-this-control-the-fix/#comment-1442 Steve, could you post an example that demonstrates what you mean? Steve, could you post an example that demonstrates what you mean?

]]> By: Steve Haiman http://www.fotiweb.com/2006/05/10/click-to-activate-and-use-this-control-the-fix/#comment-1441 Steve Haiman Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:01:41 +0000 http://www.fotiweb.com/2006/05/10/click-to-activate-and-use-this-control-the-fix/#comment-1441 Relative to putting the focus on the activex control, all works well with postback. However, when I use Ajax to reload the control without postback, the control loses focus even if I call the activateActiveX function. Have you seen any fixes for this? Thanks. Steve Relative to putting the focus on the activex control, all works well with postback. However, when I use Ajax to reload the control without postback, the control loses focus even if I call the activateActiveX function. Have you seen any fixes for this? Thanks.

Steve

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