/* ieSecurityFix --------------- Purpose: Dynamically replace any elements that will be affected by the new security feature in IE6/IE7 that requires a user to click certain types of elements to activate them before use. Usage: Include this file in the section of your html document using the following... Since this script is in response to a software patent lawsuit, I feel it necessary to state the following... License: The original activateActiveX component is Copyright (C) 2006 Jason Baker (therippa AT gmail.com). It is available as open source code from: http://therippa.blogspot.com The modified ieSecurityFix component is Copyright (C) 2006 Michael Scott - IGD Technologies. It is available as open source: http://www.surepost.org/ieSecurityFix.js This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html */ var curLoadFunction = window.onload; window.onload = new Function() { if(navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer") { //List of tags that need to be dynamically loaded. var replaceTags = new Array("object", "embed", "applet"); //Replace JAVA Applets as well //Loop through replacement tags for(var n = 0; n < replaceTags.length; n++) { //Get the list of all tags of this type on the page matchedTagList = document.getElementsByTagName(replaceTags[n]); //Loop through the list of matched tags for(var i = 0; i < matchedTagList.length; i++) { //Retrieve the tag that contains the html for the matched tag parentTag = matchedTagList[i].parentNode; //Retrieve the parent tag's HTML so that we can return the code to its original state var parentHTML = parentTag.innerHTML; //Remove the matched tag from the page because the tag has to be dynamically loaded //to overcome the IE 6/7 security issue. parentTag.removeChild(matchedTagList[i]); //Replace the HTML that no longer contains the matched tag with the original html parentTag.innerHTML = parentHTML; } } } if(curLoadFunction != null) curLoadFunction(); }