Weird 085 works 086 fails circumstance

[toehser]

I'm using a screensaver that shows a web page via IE (http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/djmclean/htm ... saver.html). I made an HTML page that displays a VLC window using ActiveX. I test it by just opening the page in IE. Here's the weird part:

- In 0.8.5, it works when I open it in IE, and it works as a screensaver.

- In 0.8.6, it works when I open it in IE, but it FAILS as a screensaver.

I have no idea where to look for error output or logging or anything...

???

[Tappen]

Well the GUID and primary interface to the ActiveX control got changed with 0.8.6. It still supports the old interface so that's probably why your IE test works, something is different when it's loaded as a screensaver?

[Quovodis]

can you describe exactly what you see (or don't see) and are you sure that nothing else change on your machine when you transitioned from 0.8.5 to 0.8.6 (Change of OS? update from IE6 to IE7, etc...)

[remmeier]

maybe it could be related to the problem I posted earlier about Java/SWT and VLC. With 0.8.5 ActiveX works fine, with 0.8.6 it doesn't (with both the old and new GUID).

[toehser]

In the screensaver-IE, it just shows a pylon, in the normal-IE, it plays the movie. I'll experiment some more. Definitely nothing else changed, I was able to go back and forth. To switch, I ran the un-install/re-install, then pointed to the other .cab file for good measure. -Tom