Newbie and IE6

comports · July 7th, 2005, 03:08 AM

Hi All,

I have just started learning XML and trying out some of the examples. I know there are some funny issues with ie6 but is it true that the <para> tag just gets ignored.. My text seems to just flow when viewed in ie6 and not have new para's..??

Any help appreciated.

Ash

joefawcett · July 7th, 2005, 04:05 AM

If IE thinks your file is HTML then all non HTML elements will be ignored, as 'para' is one of these it will not show in the output but its child elements will.
If IE 6 thinks your file is XML then it should render it using the built in stylesheet which shows an expandable tree view.
It depends on the file extension and/or the mime type as to which IE thinks it is.

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Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)

comports · July 7th, 2005, 04:12 AM

Hi Joe,

Thanks. It is an XML file and is as follows:

<?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" href="#docstyle"?>

<document>
<style id="docstyle">
        style {display:none; }
    style {display:none; }
    head {display:block; }
    title {display:block; font-size:20pt; }
    author {display:block; font-size:14pt; }
    body {display:block; font-size:10pt; font-family:arial; }
    para {disply:block; font-size:11; border-left:none; border-right:none; border:solid 2px blue; }
    email {display:none; }
</style>
<head>
    <title>Midnight Rain</title>
    <author>Kurt Cagle</author>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
</head>
<body>
<note>From the first chapter of Midnight Run.</note>
<para>A web site is one of the most important advertising mediums of the future for any company because it will be permanently available, easy to update and relatively inexpensive to publish and maintain.</para>

<para>The Following pages will give you examples of our work so far, some ideas for you to think about and show you how your company can achieve its presence on the World Wide Web using the skills of a rapidly expanding design and Consultancy Company.</para>

<para>We also have a jargon buster page to give you an insight into some meanings of some of the web technology and associated terms.</para>

<para>We hope you enjoy your visit and please feel free to send us your feedback. We need your comments and suggestions to be able to deliver the service that ever changing needs require.</para>
</body>
</document>

Can you spot anything..?
Ash

joefawcett · July 7th, 2005, 05:10 AM

As far as I know IE doesn't support embedded stylesheets. You'll need to extract the transform to a separate file and modify the href accordingly.
I think Mozilla supports embedded transforms.

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Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)