[OpenLayers-Users] IE8 error when adding a vector layer

[Amos Hayes]

There was already an OL bug filed which points to VML problems as a  
result of the same error. I have added the specific error info to it.

http://trac.openlayers.org/ticket/1910

I'm still suspicious about the fact that the rule falls in a CSS  
styling problem.

Digging in, it looks like the "behavior" property has been changed to  
"-ms-behavior", which tickles me a bit. :)

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms530723(VS.85).aspx

--
Amos Hayes
Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre
Carleton University
ahayes at gcrc.carleton.ca
+1.613.520.2600x8179

On 20-Mar-09, at 10:19 AM, Joao Duarte wrote:

> Hi Amos,
>
> You can file the bug. Meanwhile I can also dig in the problem and  
> talk with
> you if I can achieve some fix for this.
>
> Regards,
>
> João Duarte
> SAPO Mapas - http://mapas.sapo.pt
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Amos Hayes [mailto:ahayes at gcrc.carleton.ca]
> Sent: sexta-feira, 20 de Março de 2009 14:16
> To: dev at openlayers
> Cc: Joao Campos Duarte (PRIMEIT); Christopher Schmidt
> Subject: Re: [OpenLayers-Users] IE8 error when adding a vector layer
>
>
> Hello.
>
> I saw the same error in testing one of our applications. IE 8 RC1 (in
> native IE8 mode) does a much better job with everything else in our
> application though. There seem to be significant improvements in
> layout rendering to bring it in line with Firefox and Safari, although
> it's still slower.
>
> The bug seems to result from the decision to remove CSS expressions in
> favour of properly implementing CSS.
> http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2008/10/16/ending-expressions.aspx
>
> I just checked and IE 8 was officially released yesterday! I had no
> idea (I'm deprived that way).
>
> Joao, did you want to file a bug for this problem or shall I? I may
> try to dig into a fix for it. If Microsoft is finally releasing a
> browser that aims to be standards compatible, I'd hate to see everyone
> just turn on the old rendering engine.
>
> --
> Amos Hayes
> Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre
> Carleton University
> ahayes at gcrc.carleton.ca
> +1.613.520.2600x8179
>
> On 20-Mar-09, at 7:46 AM, Christopher Schmidt wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 10:32:30AM +0000, Joao Duarte wrote:
>>> Hi list,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I was trying my OL app in IE8 and when I add a Vector Layer to the
>>> map, when
>>> the time comes to assign the VML renderer, I get an error on this
>>> line (in
>>> the VML constructor):
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> style.addRule('olv\\:*', "behavior: url(#default#VML); " +  
>>> "position:
>>> absolute; display: inline-block;");
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Saying invalid argument.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This was not happening in IE7, and if in IE8 I turn on the
>>> compatibility
>>> mode, there’s no error.
>>
>> OpenLayers has not been tested much in IE8. I would say that for the
>> 2.8
>> release or earlier, the bst solution is simply to add the
>> compatibility
>> mode flag.
>>
>> -- Chris
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Anyone else saw this?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> João Duarte
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> SAPO Mapas,  <http://mapas.sapo.pt> http://mapas.sapo.pt
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Users mailing list
>>> Users at openlayers.org
>>> http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Christopher Schmidt
>> MetaCarta
>> _______________________________________________
>> Users mailing list
>> Users at openlayers.org
>> http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users
>
>