Re: SP2-- fewer file types that can be opened in IE?

From: Colin Nash [MVP] (x_at_x)
Date: 08/20/04 

Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 19:51:43 -0400

"Rich Abbott" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8fd901c48601$e077bf90$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> We use an activeX plugin in our website, which allows us
> to view tiff images and print them. Viewing is still
> fine, but the printing portion is bombing out now, post
> SP2.
>
> The plugin prints like this: when you click the print
> icon, a small .tmp file is created on your hard drive and
> a second browser window opens up and reads the file. The
> tmp file itself is just a list of URLs with the tiff
> images to be printed, one per image.
>
> The local .tmp file is still being created with no
> problems. However, IE now has trouble opening the file --
> some sort of security warning-- and an error is the result.
>
> Did SP2 change the types of files you can open in a
> browser? Is it still possible to open tmp files in the
> browser after tweaking a browser setting or two? Thanks
> for any and all advice on what's happening, and any
> workarounds that might be available.

Try putting the site into the "Trusted sites" group in IE. If it works,
then you can start playing with the custom security settings until you
figure out what precise tweaks you need.