Article ID: 832348 - Last Review: November 15, 2007 - Revision: 3.3

Internet Explorer for Macintosh screen refreshes when you click controls

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SYMPTOMS

When you use Microsoft Internet Explorer for Macintosh and you click a control that has been added to a Microsoft Content Management Server (MCMS) posting or to an MCMS template, the screen automatically refreshes. This behavior does not occur on Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows.

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CAUSE

Templates that contain an edit console output JavaScript that changes the action attribute of the form. Internet Explorer for Macintosh refreshes the page when the action attribute of the form has been changed in JavaScript and a user clicks a control that has been added to the form.

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RESOLUTION

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix.

If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, contact Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.

Note If additional issues occur or if any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Service and Support telephone numbers or to create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support (http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support)

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The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

   Date         Time   Version        Size  File name
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   19-Nov-2003  20:19                9,252  Console.js
   22-Nov-2003  01:20  5.0.2519.0  196,608  Microsoft.contentmanagement.webcontrols.dll

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