javascript in Outlook

[Steven Daedelus]

Hi folks,

I have a client using WebCalendar (http://www.k5n.us/webcalendar.php).
She has a link to her calendar in Outlook, which is what she uses to
fiddle around with it.

Now, I wasn't aware that anyone used Outlook as a web browser, but it
didn't strike me as a terribly good idea. Well, when she fires up her
calendar she gets a javascript error (object required).

I'm not asking anyone to debug this. I'm just wondering if anyone knows
about Outlook's quality of javascript support. I'm sure it probably
sucks. I'm not sure what version we are talking about, but it looks like
she's running Win 98 or something like that. Not XP in any case.

Any thoughts?

[Martin Honnen]

Re: javascript in Outlook



Steven Daedelus wrote:

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> I have a client using WebCalendar (http://www.k5n.us/webcalendar.php).
> She has a link to her calendar in Outlook, which is what she uses to
> fiddle around with it.
>
> Now, I wasn't aware that anyone used Outlook as a web browser, but it
> didn't strike me as a terribly good idea. Well, when she fires up her
> calendar she gets a javascript error (object required).
>
> I'm not asking anyone to debug this. I'm just wondering if anyone knows
> about Outlook's quality of javascript support. I'm sure it probably
> sucks. I'm not sure what version we are talking about, but it looks like
> she's running Win 98 or something like that. Not XP in any case.[/color]

Outlook as an MS product will simply use IE (or maybe the MS browsing
control on which IE is based) to render web pages.

--

Martin Honnen

http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[Steven Daedelus]

Re: javascript in Outlook

In article <40e2d7ce$1@ola f.komtel.net>,
Martin Honnen <mahotrash@yaho o.de> wrote:
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> Steven Daedelus wrote:
>
>[color=green]
> > I have a client using WebCalendar (http://www.k5n.us/webcalendar.php).
> > She has a link to her calendar in Outlook, which is what she uses to
> > fiddle around with it.
> >
> > Now, I wasn't aware that anyone used Outlook as a web browser, but it
> > didn't strike me as a terribly good idea. Well, when she fires up her
> > calendar she gets a javascript error (object required).
> >
> > I'm not asking anyone to debug this. I'm just wondering if anyone knows
> > about Outlook's quality of javascript support. I'm sure it probably
> > sucks. I'm not sure what version we are talking about, but it looks like
> > she's running Win 98 or something like that. Not XP in any case.[/color]
>
> Outlook as an MS product will simply use IE (or maybe the MS browsing
> control on which IE is based) to render web pages.[/color]

That's kinda what I figured. That will help. Thanks.

[Grant Wagner]

Re: javascript in Outlook

Martin Honnen wrote:
[color=blue]
> Steven Daedelus wrote:
>[color=green]
> > I have a client using WebCalendar (http://www.k5n.us/webcalendar.php).
> > She has a link to her calendar in Outlook, which is what she uses to
> > fiddle around with it.
> >
> > Now, I wasn't aware that anyone used Outlook as a web browser, but it
> > didn't strike me as a terribly good idea. Well, when she fires up her
> > calendar she gets a javascript error (object required).
> >
> > I'm not asking anyone to debug this. I'm just wondering if anyone knows
> > about Outlook's quality of javascript support. I'm sure it probably
> > sucks. I'm not sure what version we are talking about, but it looks like
> > she's running Win 98 or something like that. Not XP in any case.[/color]
>
> Outlook as an MS product will simply use IE (or maybe the MS browsing
> control on which IE is based) to render web pages.[/color]

However, scripts in Outlook most likely run in the "Restricted sites" zone,
which will almost certainly affect their ability to do many things.

Changing the security zone that scripts in Outlook run in is _not_
recommended.

Given this fact, the irony is that using Outlook as a Web browser is probably
_safer_ then using regular IE (in their respective default configurations
anyway).

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