topic HELP Menu activates Ineternet Explorer POP-UP BLOCKER in Modeling

HELP Menu activates Ineternet Explorer POP-UP BLOCKER

Anonymous — Thu, 25 May 2023 16:18:44 GMT

Each time I select ArchiCAD's HELP command it tries to open a window using Internet Explorer. The window is stopped from opening by IE's POP-UP Blocker.
I tried adding the HELP screens address (C:\Program Files\Graphisoft\ArchiCAD 9\Help\ArchiCAD\Files\index.html) to the sites that IE's POP-UP Blocker would allow but IE does not let me add a site that does not start with HTTP.
I do want to leave IE's POP-UP Blocker on so that it blocks other site's POP-UPs.
How is IE supposed to be confiquered so that ArchiCAD's HELP menu opens easily in IE without being stopped by IE's POP-UP Blocker?
THank you,
John

Re: HELP Menu activates Ineternet Explorer POP-UP BLOCKER

Anonymous — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 19:24:11 GMT

Right click on the message bar and select the option to allow the window to open. You will need to do this on a case by case basis but it is very straight forward. As I understand it, ArchiCAD help uses ActiveX content and that triggers the response.

Re: HELP Menu activates Ineternet Explorer POP-UP BLOCKER

Aaron Bourgoin — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 19:52:18 GMT

How might I coax the Help System to select Firefox and not Explorer. IE doesn't seem to let me yell it that AC Help System is not going to infest my computer with worms. Firefox seems to give me the option of declaring this once and then getting on with it for evermore.

Re: HELP Menu activates Ineternet Explorer POP-UP BLOCKER

Anonymous — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 20:28:24 GMT

It works with opera too....

Re: HELP Menu activates Ineternet Explorer POP-UP BLOCKER

Anonymous — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 21:38:26 GMT

Is there any way to shut off IE's POP-UP Blocker warning for the ArchiCAD Help window and still have the POP-UP Blocker active?
Thanks,
John

Re: HELP Menu activates Ineternet Explorer POP-UP BLOCKER

Anonymous — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 14:18:37 GMT

Aaron wrote:
How might I coax the Help System to select Firefox and not Explorer. IE doesn't seem to let me yell it that AC Help System is not going to infest my computer with worms. Firefox seems to give me the option of declaring this once and then getting on with it for evermore.

You'd have to set Firefox as your default browser.. Which it should be anyway!!!!

HTH,
Daniel

Re: HELP Menu activates Ineternet Explorer POP-UP BLOCKER

Anonymous — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 14:21:22 GMT

johncassel wrote:
Is there any way to shut off IE's POP-UP Blocker warning for the ArchiCAD Help window and still have the POP-UP Blocker active?
Thanks,
John

Im not 100% sure but this might work: open IE, select Tools->Internet Options, Select the "Privacy" Tab, and click the "sites" button, then add the path to the archicad help file to your trusted sites list.

HTH,
daniel

Re: HELP Menu activates Ineternet Explorer POP-UP BLOCKER

Anonymous — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 18:59:44 GMT

Daniel wrote:
I'm not 100% sure but this might work: open IE, select Tools->Internet Options, Select the "Privacy" Tab, and click the "sites" button, then add the path to the archicad help file to your trusted sites list.

HTH,
daniel

Daniel,
If I try to past the URL (C:\Program Files\Graphisoft\ArchiCAD 9\Help\ArchiCAD\Files\index.html) for ArchiCAD's Help Menu into the window to allow sites in the PRivacy tab I get an error message. The error message reads:
Invalid Domain
You have entered as invalid domain. Domains must be in the Internet zone and must use the HTTP of HTTPS protocol.

Examples of vavild domains:

-www.treyresearch.com
-http://treyresearch.com
-fineartschool.net

I feel that if this is a problem for all ArchiCAD users using Internet Explorer that Graphisoft should look into a solution.

Thank you,
John

Re: HELP Menu activates Ineternet Explorer POP-UP BLOCKER

Aaron Bourgoin — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 19:11:16 GMT

Firefox is my default browser. The AC Help system launches IE.

Re: HELP Menu activates Ineternet Explorer POP-UP BLOCKER

Laszlo Nagy — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 12:55:17 GMT

Aaron wrote:
Firefox is my default browser. The AC Help system launches IE.

Same here. Firefox is default browser, but for some reason ArchiCAD Help always opens in Internet Explorer.

Re: HELP Menu activates Ineternet Explorer POP-UP BLOCKER

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:19:01 GMT

laszlonagy wrote:
Aaron wrote:
Firefox is my default browser. The AC Help system launches IE.
Same here. Firefox is default browser, but for some reason ArchiCAD Help always opens in Internet Explorer.

That's odd, mine goes right into firefox, it even opens a new tab in firefox if its already open.

Re: HELP Menu activates Ineternet Explorer POP-UP BLOCKER

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:42:03 GMT

Daniel wrote:
That's odd, mine goes right into firefox, it even opens a new tab in firefox if its already open.

Mine does as well. I think I had to set it up to do it though. I can't quite remember, but it may have been like this:

1) Start -> Set Program Access and Defaults
2) Under the 'Custom' button, make sure 'Use my current web browser' is selected
3) Beside 'Internet Explorer' Uncheck the 'Enable access to this program' box.

Again, not 100% sure, but it can't hurt to try it...

johncassell wrote:
I feel that if this is a problem for all ArchiCAD users using Internet Explorer that Graphisoft should look into a solution.

The problem is Internet Explorer. Compared to Firefox it's like using AutoCAD instead of ArchiCAD.

Re: HELP Menu activates Ineternet Explorer POP-UP BLOCKER

Laszlo Nagy — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:54:05 GMT

Tom wrote:
Daniel wrote:
That's odd, mine goes right into firefox, it even opens a new tab in firefox if its already open.
Mine does as well. I think I had to set it up to do it though. I can't quite remember, but it may have been like this:

1) Start -> Set Program Access and Defaults
2) Under the 'Custom' button, make sure 'Use my current web browser' is selected
3) Beside 'Internet Explorer' Uncheck the 'Enable access to this program' box.

Again, not 100% sure, but it can't hurt to try it...

johncassell wrote:
I feel that if this is a problem for all ArchiCAD users using Internet Explorer that Graphisoft should look into a solution.
The problem is Internet Explorer. Compared to Firefox it's like using AutoCAD instead of ArchiCAD.

I managed to do it.
I disabled access to Internet Explorer as suggested by you.
This did not solve it.
Then I chose Firefox to be the default application to open HTM files, and now it works.

Re: HELP Menu activates Ineternet Explorer POP-UP BLOCKER

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 19:46:56 GMT

The problem persists.

Now I have Internet Explorer's and Google's Pop-up Blockers turned off. I have also set Internet Explorer's Security Controls set to allow ActiveX commands, prompts, etc. The problem persists.

If I try to open the Help menu from ArchiCAD it opens Internet Explorer. Before the Help menu can open Internet Explorer brings up a warning in the Information Bar that reads:
"To protect your security, Internet Explorer has restricted this file from showing active content that could access your computer. Click here for options..."
The options are:
"Allow blocked content..."
"What's the risk?"
"Information Bar Help"

I can always open the Help menu by clicking the Information Bar and choosing:
"Allow Blocked Content" from the Information Bar.

But this is an extra step that I don't want to do each time I ask for help from ArchiCAD.

There are other users who have this problem. Most of the users that I mention this to have the problem but, they just click the Information Bar each time they open ArchiCAD's Help menu.

I would like to open ArchiCAD's Help menu without pausing to click the information bar. How can I open ArchiCAD's Help menu without pausing to click the information bar?

Thank you,
John Cassel

Re: HELP Menu activates Ineternet Explorer POP-UP BLOCKER

ci-JoshOs — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:03:00 GMT

Hi John
I somehow managed to get IE to be nice to the ArchiCAD help(and the Cadimage Tools help incidently), but i don't remember how.
I think it had something to do with the setting in the screenshot, so maybe give that a try. Its from the 'Tools' menue, under 'Internet Options', and on the 'Advanced' tab.

Re: HELP Menu activates Ineternet Explorer POP-UP BLOCKER

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:28:36 GMT

henrypootel,
Bam!!! That worked, Thank you!
Thank you for passing this on. I almost called Cadimage to see if they had a solution to this problem.
I'll pass the solution on to those I spoken to.
Aloha,
John

Re: HELP Menu activates Ineternet Explorer POP-UP BLOCKER

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 15:27:39 GMT

God bless you, henrypootel!