[Zope] Re: ExternalEditor, IE and https

[Casey Duncan]

I have successfully used IE5.5 and IE6 with external editor over https. T=
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was on Win 98. I recently upgraded to Win2k and I haven't tried it there.=
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you have a publiclly accessible Zope instance (fronted with https) that I=
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test with?

As for hiding the EE icons, all you have to do is revoke the "Use externa=
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editor" permission in the area you don't want it to show up.=20

I am also curious what "modest funding" means. Does it come with an expen=
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account? ;^)

Seriously, I am happy to put some time into this on my end if you can pro=
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a Zope instance behind https that I can get to. I can certainly setup my =
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but this is a spare time project, and any spare time I can save is of gre=
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value.

-Casey

On Friday 10 January 2003 06:35 am, Paul Browning wrote:
> Hi. Just to report that I've had a number of people
> confirm the problem - over https IE fails to
> work with ExternalEditor (tested on IE V4, 5 and 6
> so the problem has been there a long time which
> makes me think that the problem lies with IE and
> may not be easily worked around).
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> A fix may not be possible but I am interested in
> a workaround. Here's why:
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> We are gradually rolling out Zope to a growing number
> of users who have unpredictable desktops. We only
> allow connections over https to the ZMI. The problem
> is a support issue - if an IE user sees the ExternalEditor
> pencil icon then they might reasonably expect to click
> it and have it work.
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> Might it be possible to introduce to ExternalEditor
> some sort of browser and/or protocol detection so that only
> non-IE users see the pencil icon?
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> Even better, might there be a way of implementing an
> ExternalEditor permission on a per folder or per user
> basis?
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> If either/both is technically possible please let me
> know - I _might_ be able to find modest funding for
> such a development.
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> Paul
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>    E-mail: paul.browning@bristol.ac.uk  URL: http://www.bris.ac.uk/
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