BUG: Changing Content For Offline Use Option Has No Effect (175717)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 for Windows NT 4.0
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 for Windows NT 4.0
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 for Windows 95
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 for Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q175717

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to change the option under Content For Offline Use in the Advanced Download Options dialog box for Active Channel subscriptions, the change may not take effect.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

A Channel Definition Format (CDF) file specifies the Content For Offline Use default option. The "Download all content specified by the channel's publisher" and "Download channel's Home Page and Table of Contents, if available" options are advanced download options for Active Channel subscriptions.

For information about channels in Internet Explorer, click Contents And Index on the Help menu in Internet Explorer, click the Index tab, type "channels" (without quotation marks), and then click Display.

For information about subscriptions in Internet Explorer, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

171227 How to Use Subscriptions in Microsoft Internet Explorer



For more information about developing Web-based solutions for Microsoft Internet Explorer, visit the following Microsoft Web sites:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/ie/

http://support.microsoft.com/iep

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:5/11/2006
Keywords:kbbug kbenv kbpending KB175717
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