permission denied to call method XMLHttpRequest open

OK, I know this isn't exactly a CF question, but here goes... I receive this error "permission denied to call method XMLHttpRequest.open" when attempting to make an Ajax call in FireFox 1.5. I believe the problem is cross-domain scripting problem as my index.html exists on a mapped network drive and is using a web service on a ColdFusion server on the network to populate some data on the page. 1) No, I can't move the file to the web server.  My CIO specifically wants it placed on that network drive so he can simply bookmark it there. 2) A CGI proxy is NOT an option since the file isn't really on a web server to begin with. 3) What the heck is "netscape.security.PrivilegeManager.enablePrivilege("UniversalPreference sRead UniversalPreferencesWrite")"?  I keep reading about it, but it has the word "netscape" in it, even though it is on Mozilla sites. 4) I can't find any "trusted sites" settings in FireFox. 5) It works great in IE. 6) WHHYYYYYYYYYY  :) ~Brad

> 1) No, I can't move the file to the web server.  My CIO specifically > wants it placed on that network drive so he can simply bookmark it > there. Move it to the web server. Load it in a web browser. Drag the little favicon from the browsers address bar onto the network drive. Ta da ! -- Tom Chiverton Helping to authoritatively accelerate six-generation synergies **************************************************** This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under registered number OC307980 whose registered office address is at St James's Court Brown Street Manchester M2 2JF.  A list of members is available for inspection at the registered office. Any reference to a partner in relation to Halliwells LLP means a member of Halliwells LLP. Regulated by the Law Society. CONFIDENTIALITY This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above and may be confidential or legally privileged.  If you are not the addressee you must not read it and must not use any information contained in nor copy it nor inform any person other than Halliwells LLP or the addressee of its existence or contents.   If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify Halliwells LLP IT Department on 0870 365 8008. For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.halliwells.com.

*Sigh* At this point, that is probably what I will end up doing-- at least if I want it to work in FireFox. <rant> I'm still a little peeved that FireFox is so stubbornly preventing me to do what I want to do.  Yeah, security, shemurity.  Who owns my computer anyway?  Me or FireFox?  I absolutely can't stand it when software thinks it can tell me what to do with my computer-- but usually MS is offending one.... </rant> ;-> ~Brad > 1) No, I can't move the file to the web server.  My CIO specifically > wants it placed on that network drive so he can simply bookmark it > there. Move it to the web server. Load it in a web browser. Drag the little favicon from the browsers address bar onto the network drive. Ta da !

> <rant> > > I'm still a little peeved that FireFox is so stubbornly preventing me to > do what I want to do.  Yeah, security, shemurity.  Who owns my computer > anyway?  Me or FireFox?  I absolutely can't stand it when software > thinks it can tell me what to do with my computer-- but usually MS is > offending one.... > > </rant> Your perspective is a bit backwards. The exact point of security measures like this is to prevent developers from doing things that, if used maliciously, could harm the end user of a site. You are not the end user here - you are the developer. It's not about YOUR computer; it's about the computers of everyone else who may use your site.

----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- Tom's solution is dead on. Do that. > 3) What the heck is > "netscape.security.PrivilegeManager.enablePrivilege("Universal > PreferencesRead UniversalPreferencesWrite")"?  I keep reading > about it, but it has the word "netscape" in it, even though it > is on Mozilla sites. Mozilla is based, somewhat, on Netscape's browser, and still uses some internal naming conventions previously used by Netscape. Mozilla was the name of the Netscape mascot: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_%28mascot%29 For that matter, so does IE - there's a "navigator" object in the IE object model, just like in the Mozilla object model, and IE still uses "Mozilla" in its user agent string for compatibility reasons. ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- If you'd like to continue owning your computer, you should probably be thankful that Firefox is a more secure browsing environment. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information!