<OBJECT> Not Rendered When on a Server Different from Its Host Page

• Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.01 Service Pack 2 for Windows 95
• Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.01 Service Pack 2 for Windows 98
• Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.01 Service Pack 2 for Windows NT 4.0

SYMPTOMS

On a Web page that has an <OBJECT> tag, the object may never be rendered in the Web browser. In Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 2 (SP2), the progress meter gets to about half but never finishes, the status bar never reaches "done," and the mouse pointer remains an hourglass. Also, when you click inside the object area, the browser's title bar changes to match the title of the object target (for example: about:blank).

CAUSE

This behavior occurs if the Web page contains an item enclosed by the <OBJECT> tag that resides on a server other than the server on which the host page resides.

RESOLUTION

To work around this behavior, modify the Web page so that the <OBJECT> tag points to a location on the same server as the server on which the host page resides.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

This problem has been resolved in Internet Explorer 5.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbenv msiew95 msient msiew98
Version : WINDOWS:4.01 Service Pack 2
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb