[OpenLayers-Users] Error displaying map in IE8 - VML.js

[Andreas Hocevar]

Hi,

I can confirm that IE7 in standards compliant mode does not render
labels - with or without the patch. So that is a separate issue, and I
created http://trac.openlayers.org/ticket/2135 to track it.

Regards,
Andreas.

On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 4:23 PM, Mike Adair<madair at dmsolutions.ca> wrote:
> I'm testing with that patch in the application I'm currently working on
> and for the most part it is a big improvement.  The one remaining issue
> I'm seeing is feature labels don't show up in IE7 with the document in
> IE7 standards mode.  Labels do show up in IE7 in quirks mode though.
> (Isn't it wonderful that IE gives us so many combinations to screw up
> with ...)
>
> Even so, I would urge this patch get into 2.8 because it is a bug with
> existing code, the patch fixes most of the issue and we know there will
> be many questions on the lists about it if it doesn't go in.
>
> Mike
>
> Christopher Schmidt wrote:
>> On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 03:52:54PM +0200, Asle Benoni wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Kenneth, the compatibility hack works fine. I would rather not hack
>>> VML.js but I see this hack is newer than the one I tried. As long as the
>>> quickfix works I am satisfied. But would like to know if some have success
>>> with it and if it is included in future OL release.
>>>
>>
>> It can't be included in a future OL release until people test it. If
>> you're unwilling to test it, the chances it will be included decrease.
>> Please help test it if you care about it.
>>
>> -- Chris
>>
>>
>>> /asle
>>>
>>> 2009/6/12 Andreas Hocevar <ahocevar at opengeo.org>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF
>>>> A/S<ks at geograf.dk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Note sure what the actual problem is, but there are notes that the patch
>>>>> does not solve all issues.
>>>>>
>>>>> There is a nother fix mentioned, namely the one in comment #20:
>>>>> http://trac.openlayers.org/ticket/1910#comment:20
>>>>>
>>>>> This effectively places IE8 in IE7 compatibility mode, and it works.
>>>>> Although it's not the correct long term solution, you can use it until
>>>>> the issue is fixed more permanently.
>>>>>
>>>> The latest patch [1] should fix all vector layer issues in IE8. It
>>>> would be nice to get some feedback if this is really the case.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Andreas.
>>>>
>>>> [1]
>>>> http://trac.openlayers.org/attachment/ticket/1910/openlayers-1910.patch
>>>>
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>>>> Andreas Hocevar
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>>>>
>>
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