Re: Re: Re: Deleting Temporary Internet Files

Yes - Microsoft have a tool called the IE Administration Kit (or something like that). This tool allows you, the administrator, to define a policy for IE. This policy includes which UI elements can be changed by the user and which settings are in force. The settings are pushed down to the individual browser using a set of configuration files downloaded from the location in Tools|Internet Options | Connections | LAN Settings. The 'Use Automatic Configuration' checkbox needs to be checked.

The initial configuration can be carried out by distributing the files or registry settings to the users in the same way as you would have done for your Perl script. This only needs to be done once to set the 'auto configure' information. Every time that the users load IE, the latest configuration will be restored.

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Re^4: Deleting Temporary Internet Files by rtwingfield (Acolyte) on Jan 18, 2005 at 20:25 UTC
Having this sort of operation dependent on the client, i.e., the "Windoze" workstations, just isn't good. Fine if every salesman would "bring in" his/her notebook, but what if the user steps up to another workstation, . . .a home PC, for example. Do you have them "bring IT in", too? This may not even be a Perl issue, but there should be some way, perhaps a JavaScript, generated by the Perl CGI, that could whack the associated url's in the temporary internet files directory. Of course, I'm using $cgi->header(expires=>"-1d") to force a refresh on the document; however, clicking on the legacy url in the Windows/temporary internet files directory will restart the application if the url contains the login criteria. . . .What to do? I'll admit that I know very little about MS/Windows, but I have discovered that the MS police will not let you copy the value of the highlighted row in the temporary internet files list to the clipboard; however, you can right-click on the row, display properties, and copy the entire url to the clipboard. Windows, . . .what a piece of work.	[reply]

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Re^4: Deleting Temporary Internet Files
by rtwingfield (Acolyte) on Jan 18, 2005 at 20:25 UTC

This may not even be a Perl issue, but there should be some way, perhaps a JavaScript, generated by the Perl CGI, that could whack the associated url's in the temporary internet files directory.

Of course, I'm using $cgi->header(expires=>"-1d") to force a refresh on the document; however, clicking on the legacy url in the Windows/temporary internet files directory will restart the application if the url contains the login criteria. . . .What to do?

I'll admit that I know very little about MS/Windows, but I have discovered that the MS police will not let you copy the value of the highlighted row in the temporary internet files list to the clipboard; however, you can right-click on the row, display properties, and copy the entire url to the clipboard. Windows, . . .what a piece of work.

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