[OpenLayers-Dev] BUG: OpenLayers.LonLat.Lon - only with IE 6

Erik Uzureau erik.uzureau at metacarta.com
Wed Mar 14 17:37:40 EDT 2007


as the resident OpenLayers IE6  lackey, my interest is piqued. Can you please
either send an URL to the list that demonstrates this problem or contact me
personally (passwords, etc)

Thanks!
Erik

On 3/14/07, Richard Thurbin <richard at cloudamber.com> wrote:
> Sorry, I don't know if this is the right way to use this... I would like to
> report a bug I have found when using the OpenLayers API.
>
> I have searched the FAQ, Wiki engine, current tickets, Google and have not
> found any reference to this.
>
> Using the code taken from your very own tutorial...
>
> //Stuff setting up the maps...
>
> OpenLayers.Event.observe($('map'),"click",mapclicked.bindAsEventListener(map
> ));
>
> function mapclicked(e){
>         var lonlat = map.getLonLatFromPixel(e.xy);
>         var foo = lonlat.lon + "," + lonlat.lat;
> };
>
> //end
>
> Works perfectly with IE7, Firefox 2.0.x but with IE 6.0.3790.1830 it has a
> scripting error "Error 'lon' is null or not an object".
>
> It is prevalent in OpenLayers version 2.3 (stable), 2.3 (Latest) and the
> hosted version.
>
> My customer uses IE6 and their IT department wont use FireFox due to
> 'security issues'. Ironic, I know but the customer is always right.
>
> Anyway, can someone get back to me about this please? I can demonstrate this
> if it would be helpful but it will involve giving out passwords to a secure
> site. Please contact me on any of the channels below.
>
> Regards,
> Richard Thurbin
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