AP vendor notes - be careful

[Macoladownunder]

In the AP vendor notes screen, if you type a URL address with 'http:\\' at the start, be warned, you get directed to a web site that you don't want your users going to..
If you use

http://www.abcdef

then it is OK.
We had some careful explaining to do today..all ladies in our AP area. My guys research shows that a site,

http://frater.wordpress.com

and go to 'dodgy domain scams' can shed some light.



MacolaDownUnder
Aussies using Macola

 

[dgillz]

I cannot recreate this error. You must mean '

http://'

and not 'http:\\'. But I cannot recreate this error in either case, tried 4 different URLs and they all work.

Maybe the site itself is being redirected and it has nothing to do with Macola?

Software Sales, Training, Implementation and Support for Macola, eSynergy, and Crystal Reports

http://www.gainfocus.biz

"A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.
" - unknown

 

[Macoladownunder]

If you type

http://http://www.news.com

into your browser you will be redirected to a site you might not expect. The problem in the AP notes URL field only exists if the URL your have entered there is in the format of

http://www.somesite.com

there is no problem if you have

http://www.somesite.com

as the URL.
Thanks
Luke

MacolaDownUnder
Aussies using Macola

 

[dgillz]

You seem to be implying that if the URL is stored as

http://www.news.com

then it launches into the browser as

http://http://www.news.com

I am not experiencing this. I am on 76400a and IE 7.

Software Sales, Training, Implementation and Support for Macola, eSynergy, and Crystal Reports

http://www.gainfocus.biz

"A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.
" - unknown

 

[Macoladownunder]

What happens if you click on the link to news.com in your previous post?
I have duplicated this on multiple machines at the office and my home pc via a different ISP?
Luke

MacolaDownUnder
Aussies using Macola

 

[dgillz]

The link to either

http://www.news.com

or to

http://www.news.com

from Macola both take me to the same place as if I had manually typed in either in the address bar in IE7.

What version of Macola? What browser and version?

Software Sales, Training, Implementation and Support for Macola, eSynergy, and Crystal Reports

http://www.gainfocus.biz

"A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.
" - unknown

 

[Macoladownunder]

Macola is 7.6.300 talking with our reseller and he cannot duplicate either, he is on 7.6.400
Browser IE7
have you tried typing

http://http://www.news.com

directly into your browser?

MacolaDownUnder
Aussies using Macola

 

[dgillz]

Yes, nothing is found, I get "Internet explorer cannot display the webpage".

Software Sales, Training, Implementation and Support for Macola, eSynergy, and Crystal Reports

http://www.gainfocus.biz

"A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.
" - unknown

 

[Macoladownunder]

Just finshed remote session with a user in the US and cannot dupicate the issue via macola or directly into IE
Must be a aussie issue, i have used multiple ISP's on different machines

MacolaDownUnder
Aussies using Macola

 

[stravis]

Perhaps this is an issue with search toolbar installed on the machine in question? If an invalid address is entered in Internet Explorer then the default search engine typically takes over. I have often seen offensive "spyware" based toolbars that send users to offensive offerings.

Scott Travis

http://www.infoSpring.net

 

[dgillz]

Scott just made a great point. Luke have you looked at this?

Software Sales, Training, Implementation and Support for Macola, eSynergy, and Crystal Reports

http://www.gainfocus.biz

"A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.
" - unknown

 

[Macoladownunder]

Good idea but not a search bar as it has been duplicated on multiple machines.
Looks like we had a dodgy DNS record in our DNS cache.

MacolaDownUnder
Aussies using Macola