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Resolve the Box Windows client embedded browser error

Issue

When users supply their e-mail address for the Box Windows Client (desktop application), they are redirected to SecureAuth IdP for authentication. After submitting their username to IdP, a script error message appears.

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Solution

To eliminate the error message, do the following:

  1. Create a new folder within your Box Desktop Application realm, and name it "App_Browsers" – D:\SecureAuth\SecureAuth[Realm Number]\App_Browsers

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  2. Within that folder, create a .browser text file, "BoxSync.browser", that includes this content:

<browsers>

<browser id="BoxSync" parentID="Default">

<identification>

<userAgent match="Box Sync" />

</identification>

<capabilities>

<capability name="ecmascriptversion" value="3.0" />

</capabilities>

</browser>

</browsers>

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This communicates to ASP.NET that the Box Sync embedded browser supports EcmaScript v.3.

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