[Javascript] Adding scriptlet to favourites menu via javascript (IE6+)

[John Warner]

I've never tried what you are doing, but I suspect you are denied for
security reasons. To protect a user from clicking on a script that might do
harm.

John Warner




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> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 7:09 AM
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> Subject: [Javascript] Adding scriptlet to favourites menu via 
> javascript (IE6+)
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am sorry if this has been asked already.
> 
> I have a scriptlet on my website that I want to add to the 
> user's favorites menu (Internet Explorer 6+). I am using:
> 
> window.external.AddFavorite(url,title);
> 
> This works fine when the url is "http:" protocol based but it 
> wont let me add a "javascript:" url. The error I get is 
> permission denied.
> 
> This is my code:
> 
> /*BEGIN CODE*/
> // JavaScript OnClick handler:
> function addScriptletToFavs() {
>    var url = "JavaScript:myfucn();void();";
>    var title = "My Scriptlet";
> 
>    window.external.AddFavorite(url,title);
> }
> 
> // HTML code for button:
> <input type="button" value="Add to Favourites" 
> onclick="JavaScript:addScriptletToFavs();" />
> 
> /*END CODE*/
> 
> Can anybody please help me in this regard?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Aaron.
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