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WebCompiler re-uses the HTML Rendering Engine that is part of IE4/5 and above. In general most things that are supported by IE will be supported by WebCompiler, but there are some restrictions. 

Most simple HTML is supported, as are the standard graphics formats that IE uses (Gifs, Jpegs etc), and things like Dynamic HTML and Cascading Style Sheets etc.

Some Plug-Ins will be supported. It all depends on the way they access their data. If they use the standard Pluggable Protocol technique to request any data they need then they will probably work. If they don't but instead go direct to disk then they almost certainly won't. It is impossible for us to give firm advice here, and all we can suggest is that you try it and see what happens. Bear in mind though that the end-user will need the Plug-In preinstalled on his system, WebCompiler doesn't carry it around with the presentation. Also consider that there are sometimes ways to achieve the same thing without a Plug-In. Video is a good example, if you use the DYNSRC technique to include the video then no Plug-In is required.

Most JavaScript is supported, however for security reasons anything that attempts persistent storage across Web Pages won't work. Similarly Cookies won't store.

Because of the fluid and extensible nature of IE we cannot give a definitive list of what is and isn't going to work. The best thing is to try it and see. If it doesn't work there may be a way around it and you are welcome to contact us to see if we can find a work-around, but we can't make any guarantees.