[OpenLayers-Users] Fw: vector layers don't display in internetexplore 8.0.6001 anymore

[stephane.poirier at usherbrooke.ca]

Nop Chris, the standard, by the book, vector layers demos do not work in my 
current IE80 install. I had this problem ever since the version 2.8rc2, but 
was working around using IE80 compatibility view to draw have everything 
draw perfectly. I also saw this problem occur when developing with 2.7 under 
IE70. I lost the vector layer drawing at some point (this for any demos of 
the large openlayers standard demos set - involving any vector layer, even 
selection tool does not draw). My IE70 problem disaper when I updated with 
IE80 provided using compatibility view.

It is like if I should fix my IE install, but don`t know what to reset. In 
the recent days, with some ms-auto-update, the compatibility view mechanism 
is different, and does not seems to work anymore on my system. It is always 
using the new standard IE80 drawing and therefore I lost my capabilities of 
drawing vector layers.

I have not reproduced this bug on other machines, but then again, I am 
pretty much always on my same developer machine (an XP Pro installed version 
5.1.2600 service pack 3 Nu 2600 in french). My dxdiag directx diagnostic 
currently shows an non-optimal version of the d3d9d.dll (version 
9.18.0944.0000 as opposed to my non-debug versions d3d9.dll and others being 
mostly stamped 5.03.2600.5512). I will also test under this sme computer`s 
WIN2K3 IE70 and IE80 install and let you know soon. But, I would really 
appreciate to find the fix for this WINXP PRO french install.

SP.



> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Christopher Schmidt" <crschmidt at metacarta.com>
> Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 10:33 AM
> To: <stephane.poirier at usherbrooke.ca>
> Cc: <users at openlayers.org>
> Subject: Re: [OpenLayers-Users] vector layers don't display in 
> internetexplore 8.0.6001 anymore
>
>> On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 11:02:22PM -0400, stephane.poirier at usherbrooke.ca 
>> wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> My vector layers do display fine in Firefox, Chrome, Safari but don't 
>>> display at all in IE 8.0.6001. I was using IE 8.0 compatibility view to 
>>> have proper vector layer display until recently. But now, Ie 8.0 
>>> compatibility view does not seems to work or fix that issue anymore.
>>>
>>> Should I write specific code for IE 8.0? Or, is there a patch for IE 
>>> 8.0?
>>
>> Do the OpenLayers examples
>> (http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/vector-features.html) work in IE 8?
>>
>> If they do, then you should explore why they don't work in your 
>> application.
>> If they don't, I'd be interested in hearing about it.
>>
>> Regards,
>> -- 
>> Christopher Schmidt
>> MetaCarta
>>
>>