'Navigation to the webpage was canceled' error

[vcpass]

A pal of mine has downloaded an ebook...We've both got XP SP2, I've got IE6 and the book runs fine.

He's got IE7 and gets 'Navigation to the webpage was canceled', even though it's simply a standalone presentation - no connection required to run.

Any ideas how he can solve it please?

[nitroshift]

Aren't ebooks in .pdf format?

[vcpass]

Some, but by no means all....

Most ebook compiler programmes these days work with html pages, which allow not only text but graphics and even flash fx if/when necessary.

The strange thing about this particular one is that it's completely standalone - there are apparently not even website references in it, let alone links.....so why is IE7 giving the web page error message?

Beats me.....

[vcpass]

Could this be IE7's equivalent to the old "Active content cannot be shown" warning message?

You remember the yellow bar that ran across the window top?

I haven't got IE7 so I can't test the theory...