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Re: disable "disable dynamic updating?"?

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  • Subject: [mg84318] Re: disable "disable dynamic updating?"?
  • From: ragfield <ragfield at gmail.com>
  • Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:10:19 -0500 (EST)
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On Dec 15, 2:41 pm, "dabro... at indiana.edu" <dabro... at indiana.edu>
wrote:
> I'm running version 6.0.1.  There is no advice in the "Disable Dynamic
> Updating?" dialog to reset TrustedPath options.

"Notebooks stored in directories on TrustedPath are assumed to be
trusted. Notebooks stored in directories on UntrustedPath are assumed
to be untrusted. TrustedPath and UntrustedPath can be edited in the
Preferences dialog."

> I tried editing the setting under Preferences->System->Edit Trusted
> Directories (is that what you meant?),

Yes.

> but it seems to be having no
> effect on frequent dialog boxes popping up to ask if I want dynamic
> updating disabled.

What value did you set for the option?  What is an example path of
file that still gives this dialog?  If, for example, your
UntrustedPath inclues FileName[{$DesktopDirectory}] (as it does by
default), then you will get this dialog when opening files on your
desktop that include dynamic content that is potentially unsafe.  Read
tutorial/NotebookSecurity in the Mathematica documentation for a
precise description of what is considered potentially unsafe.

> Maybe you misunderstood which dialog box I'm talking about.  There are
> actually two messag windows that come up.  The first is small
> "progress dialog" that just says "formatting notebook contents", then
> after a while longer the bigger one asking if I want to disable
> dynamic updating and telling me how to turn it back on.

The dialog box I am talking about contains the following text:

"
The notebook you are opening contains dynamic content that may result
in automatic execution of Mathematica programs stored in the notebook.

Do not enable dynamic content unless you trust the Notebook's source.
Notebooks stored in directories on TrustedPath are assumed to be
trusted. Notebooks stored in directories on UntrustedPath are assumed
to be untrusted. TrustedPath and UntrustedPath can be edited in the
Preferences dialog.
"

-Rob


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