fullscreen function in IE

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I am attempting to open a new window fullscreen=yes. In IE 6.0.28 it works,
no bars, no borders, a true full screen. However, in IE 6.0.29, it doesn't
work, it pops up with title bar, status bar and borders. Is this is glitch
or digression in the new version? Is there some setting I can make to get a
true fullscreen? Thanks for your help.
 
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I am attempting to open a new window fullscreen=yes. In IE 6.0.28 it
works, no bars, no borders, a true full screen. However, in IE
6.0.29, it doesn't work, it pops up with title bar, status bar and
borders. Is this is glitch or digression in the new version? Is
there some setting I can make to get a true fullscreen? Thanks for
your help.
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Like Kiosk mode?

Start
Run
Type "iexplore -k kgiii.info" without the quotes (feel free to use any URL)
Is that what you're looking for?

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind,
which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply
there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
Sherlock Holmes
 
There's a great free program called Auto Sizer by South Bay Software that will solve your problem.
Get it at: http://tinyurl.com/7nnjr
I've used it successfully for months with no problems. They have many free good helpers. Good Luck. Stan
 
Thanks for responding you guys, however, and I should have clarified this
before, I am attempting to open a new window from an existing web page using:

<a onclick="window.open('newwindow.html','title','fullscreen=yes')">

It successfully opens a new window in IE 6.0.29, but the fullscreen=yes is
what doesn't work, but does in previous versions of IE. Any new thoughts?
 
In rgpassey <[email protected]> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
Thanks for responding you guys, however, and I should have clarified
this before, I am attempting to open a new window from an existing
web page using:

<a onclick="window.open('newwindow.html','title','fullscreen=yes')">

It successfully opens a new window in IE 6.0.29, but the
fullscreen=yes is what doesn't work, but does in previous versions of
IE. Any new thoughts?
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Take a gander here:

http://www.htmlgoodies.com/beyond/dhtml/article.php/3470521#click

That might be more what you're looking for. You can change the button to a
simple text link if that's your goal. For the above in text link (oddly they
don't have that there) try this:

<A HREF="javascript:void(0)"
onclick="window.open('pagemane.html',
'welcome','fullscreen=yes,scrollbars=yes')">
Open a full screen window</A>

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind,
which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply
there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
Sherlock Holmes
 
Galen, I appreciate your replies! I actually visited htmlgoodies to try and
find a solution there. The problem is the version of internet explorer, I
know I have the code right. It works perfectly on computers with older
versions of IE, but on computers with IE version 6.0.29 it simply doesn't
open full screen, and I'm looking for some kind of fix for this specific
version, a patch, a line of code or whatever.
any thoughts on this?
-Ryan
 
In rgpassey <[email protected]> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
Galen, I appreciate your replies! I actually visited htmlgoodies to
try and find a solution there. The problem is the version of
internet explorer, I know I have the code right. It works perfectly
on computers with older versions of IE, but on computers with IE
version 6.0.29 it simply doesn't open full screen, and I'm looking
for some kind of fix for this specific version, a patch, a line of
code or whatever.
any thoughts on this?
-Ryan
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Using the latest version of IE, and now tested on IE7 just to check, it's
working like a champ. Test your script on a different PC perhaps? The last
one - of the list - that I gave you works wonders here? Rename pagename (err
I typed it pagemane it seems so replace that) with the name of the page
you're trying to open and it should work perfectly? I can only say that it
works fine here and as I go through this, I've now tested it on four systems
including two of them running using a local webserver and two that I
uploaded to my /ignore/ folder, it's working like a champ. Is the second
link not what you're looking for? The text based solution can easily be
converted to a button, an image, etc? I'm not a webmaster but I was once a
webslave and so my abilities are limited but it's working here??? In other
words, I'm not sure why it's not working there but I'd recommend you try it
on another PC. My IE version on this same PC is exactly the same as your IE
version (it looks) 6.0.2900.x and it's working fine? It's fine on IE7 even.

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind,
which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply
there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
Sherlock Holmes
 
I had a question about kiosk mode. Is there a way to add a few,
select, navigation buttons (ie. back, forward & home) to the browser
in kiosk mode? System is XP w/ SP2.
 
I had a question about kiosk mode. Is there a way to add a few,
select, navigation buttons (ie. back, forward & home) to the browser
in kiosk mode? System is XP w/ SP2.
 
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My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
I had a question about kiosk mode. Is there a way to add a few,
select, navigation buttons (ie. back, forward & home) to the browser
in kiosk mode? System is XP w/ SP2.
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Not that I'm aware of. No. The ALT + ARROW (forward and backwards) work
still. As will alt + home...

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind,
which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply
there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
Sherlock Holmes
 
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