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IFrames and cross-domain security, part 2

Update 10/2010: A new working example with cleaned up code is available. About six weeks ago, I wrote a post about some issues I was encountering with iframes and cross-domain security. I promised I would write about whatever workaround I decided to use; this post details that workaround. Warning:

Dealing with Internet Explorer in your JavaScript Code

It’s almost the end of 2008, and thanks to the hard work of web standardistas, browser vendors, and JavaScript framework developers, cross-browser JavaScript code is much less of an issue than it used to be. Even Microsoft is feeling the love — the upcoming Internet Explorer 8 will be a

Installing Parallels Tools (v4) in Ubuntu 8.10

I had a hard time sorting this out, so I figured I’d post it in case anyone else needs to know. Assumptions: You have Parallels v4 for Mac, and have already created an Ubuntu 8.10 image. Instructions: 1. Launch your Ubuntu image (in window mode). 2. Go to

Control a Captivate SWF using JavaScript: The basics

Note: This post covers Captivate 2 & 3; Captivate 4 introduced new problems for JavaScript interaction. You can avoid the headache of writing your own code by using the free CaptivateController utility, which works with all versions of Captivate. JavaScript can control the playback of Captivate-generated SWFs. I posted some

Send Captivate Quiz Data to JavaScript

Adobe Captivate 3 doesn’t have a built-in mechanism for sending quiz results to JavaScript. Here’s a workaround you may find useful. The plan The basic premise of this workaround is to hijack Captivate’s ’email report’ functionality, replacing the original email-centered JavaScript with new JavaScript. This approach was

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