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Nice Try But No Cigar

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Submitted on: 6/7/2000 2:25:46 PM
By: Richard Burns 
Level: Intermediate
User Rating: By 1 Users
Compatibility: Java (JDK 1.1)
Views: 8379
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     Stops others from stealing pictures on your site
 
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//**************************************
// Name: Nice Try But No Cigar
// Description:Stops others from stealing pictures on your site
// By: Richard Burns
//
// Inputs:Right Mouse Button
//
// Returns:Nice Try, But No Cigar
//
// Assumes:If you have any java on your page, you may have to place this code before it.
//
//This code is copyrighted and has// limited warranties.Please see http://www.Planet-Source-Code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=1864&lngWId=2//for details.//**************************************

</SCRIPT>
<SCRIPT language="JavaScript"><!--
function click() {
if (event.button==2) {
alert('Nice Try, But No Cigar')
}
}
document.onmousedown=click
// --></SCRIPT><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
 <o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1032">
 <o:colormenu v:ext="edit" fillcolor="white"/>
 </o:shapedefaults></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
 <o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
 <o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1"/>
 </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></HEAD></PRE>


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9/17/2000 12:30:48 PMMoeBious

This code works good, but what does the XML do? I tried it without the XML and it still worked.
d4d2@msn.com
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10/22/2000 7:36:49 AMoboe

...I smoked my cigar. If you're using IE (and probably netscape) then you can left-click-drag the picture into the address bar and file->save as. Still works nice though.

yes.
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11/21/2001 9:45:54 PMkc

It does work nice... somebody commented that you can drag it up to the url bar.. well I have a simple solution ;) just make it a mailto: link :)
~kc~
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10/16/2003 3:39:40 PMC Hague

You can override this by pressing the context menu button in Windows. A simpler way to disable both is to place this in the body tag:

onContextMenu=
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10/16/2003 3:40:16 PMC Hague

onContextMenu=return false
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