Hi
We're looking at converting our existing BF Forms to WM forms. It's pretty straightforward for the most part, however we have an issue with regard to one of the forms that launches an ActiveXObject.
We have the security in IE pretty locked down, so that we can't alter the sites in the various zones. However, the code works fine in the old version but errors with the exact same code when we try it in WM with an 'Automation server cannot create Object' error. Any ideas why this would be the case?
We're looking at converting our existing BF Forms to WM forms. It's pretty straightforward for the most part, however we have an issue with regard to one of the forms that launches an ActiveXObject.
We have the security in IE pretty locked down, so that we can't alter the sites in the various zones. However, the code works fine in the old version but errors with the exact same code when we try it in WM with an 'Automation server cannot create Object' error. Any ideas why this would be the case?
RE: BizFlow Forms to WM conversion
I haven't really had any experience with the old BizFlow forms, so can't really offer much advice here I'm afraid.
What type of ActiveX object are you trying to launch? Is this part of the old BizFlow forms, something custom you have created, or some other third party object?
There are a few settings in the IE options dialog under the Security tab that control when ActiveX controls are allowed. Are you able to check what the settings are in your 'locked down' browser? If so, could these be causing the problem?
When you say it works fine in the 'old version', what exactly does this mean? Are you referring to the old BizFlow form? From my understanding these are not standard web pages, but run inside some kind of browser plugin so may have different security restrictions.
Have you checked with the guys at BizFlow? They might have some more experience with migrating old BizFlow forms.
I hope you manage to get this sorted. Please let me know how you get on.
Many Thanks,
Gerard
RE: BizFlow Forms to WM conversion
The ActiveX object is a third party object. When called via the old version (the BF Forms) it works - we get the 'Automation server cannot create Object' error when we call it via the same code in WM. If it isn't a web page per-se I suppose that it may have different restrictions on the security. My guess is that it is the locked down settings that are causing this issue...
I'll go to BizFlow with it - thank you for your help though.