Hi,
I've just started trying to port some of my webpages from asp to asp.net 
and I've run into a problem. I have a menu that is included into every 
page and is positioned using stylesheets and this has worked fine on my 
asp pages (as well as just plain html pages). But now I've tried to port 
it over to asp.net and I find that while it looks just the same in IE and 
Netscape 6+, in Netscape 4.7 all my text is turning into little boxes. 
When the page first comes up the text of my menu has been replaced with 
boxes, but the rest of the page is fine. If I cover up the netscape window 
by focusing on another window (eg IE) and then go back to the netscape 
window all the text has now turned to boxes. I think it's some kind of 
problem with the character set, but changing it in netscape doesn't solve 
the problem. 
I think the problem must be with the way asp.net is sending out the pages 
because if I simply save the source from the page as .html I can load it 
into Netscape 4.x with no problems. Does asp.net send out pages with a 
different character set encoding? Has anybody else seen this problem?
I absolutely can't use asp.net if it won't work with Netscape 4.x I still 
have 18% of visitors using Netscape 4 :( 
Thanks

I also faced this problem, to solve it go to your web.config file and 
change the requestEncoding propery to ascii.
<globalization requestEncoding="ascii" responseEncoding="ascii" />  







> Hi,
I> 've just started trying to port some of my webpages from asp to 
asp.net 
a> nd I've run into a problem. I have a menu that is included into every 
p> age and is positioned using stylesheets and this has worked fine on my 
a> sp pages (as well as just plain html pages). But now I've tried to 
port 
i> t over to asp.net and I find that while it looks just the same in IE 
and 
N> etscape 6+, in Netscape 4.7 all my text is turning into little boxes. 
W> hen the page first comes up the text of my menu has been replaced with 
b> oxes, but the rest of the page is fine. If I cover up the netscape 
window 
b> y focusing on another window (eg IE) and then go back to the netscape 
w> indow all the text has now turned to boxes. I think it's some kind of 
p> roblem with the character set, but changing it in netscape doesn't 
solve 
t> he problem. 
I>  think the problem must be with the way asp.net is sending out the 
pages 
b> ecause if I simply save the source from the page as .html I can load 
it 
i> nto Netscape 4.x with no problems. Does asp.net send out pages with a 
d> ifferent character set encoding? Has anybody else seen this problem?
I>  absolutely can't use asp.net if it won't work with Netscape 4.x I 
still 
h> ave 18% of visitors using Netscape 4 :( 
T> hanks

> I also faced this problem, to solve it go to your web.config file and 
c> hange the requestEncoding propery to ascii.
<> globalization requestEncoding="ascii" responseEncoding="ascii" />  > > >  

Thanks, that seems to have done the trick.