| doReadRequest( ) | Firefox/Netscape/NN n/a IE 4(Win) Chrome/Safari/DOM n/a |
doReadRequest(usageCode[,
"friendlyName"[,
"domain"[,
"path"[,
"expiration"]]]])
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Based on the items in the queue, this method inspects the browser to
see whether the user has given permission to inspect these attributes
in the past. If not (for some or all), the method displays a dialog
box (the Profile Assistant window) that lets users turn off the items
that should not be exposed to the server. Parameters provide
information for the dialog and for maintenance of the permission
(similar to the ways that cookies are managed). Only one
doReadRequest( ) method is required, regardless of
the number of attributes in the queue.
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| Parameters |
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| Code | Meaning | | 0 | Used for system administration. |
| 1 | Used for research and/or product development. |
| 2 | Used for completion and support of current transaction. |
| 3 | Used to customize the content and design of a site. |
| 4 | Used to improve the content of the site, including advertisements. |
| 5 | Used for notifying visitors about updates to the site. |
| 6 | Used for contacting visitors for marketing of services or products. |
| 7 | Used for linking other collected information. |
| 8 | Used by site for other purposes. |
| 9 | Disclosed to others for customization or improvement of the content
and design of the site.
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| 10 | Disclosed to others who may contact you for marketing of services
and/or products.
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| 11 | Disclosed to others who may contact you for marketing of services
and/or products, but you have the opportunity to ask a site not to do
this.
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| 12 | Disclosed to others for any other purpose. |
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- One of the following code integers that display human-readable
messages defined by the Internet Privacy Working Group, as shown in
the following table.
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- An optional string containing an identifiable name (and URL) that the
user recognizes as the source of the request. This may be a corporate
identity.
- An optional string containing the domain of the server making the
request. If an expiration date is set, this information is stored
with the requested attributes to prevent future requests from this
domain from interrupting the user with the Profile Assistant dialog
box.
- An optional string containing the path of the server document making
the request. If an expiration date is set, this information is stored
with the requested attributes to prevent future requests from this
domain from interrupting the user with the Profile Assistant dialog
box.
- An optional string containing the date on which the
user's permissions settings expire. Not recognized
in Internet Explorer 4.
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| Returned Value |
In Windows, the method returns no value, regardless of how the user
responds to the Profile Assistant dialog box. On the Macintosh (which
does not support this object fully), the method does not display the
Profile Assistant dialog box and returns false.
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