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Mark Goldin
Is ASP.NET fully compatible with Netscape?
S
Stefano Mostarda
I've never tested it on Netscape, but on mozilla.
It's not fully compatible, for example validation controls are not
rendered, so validation is performed only server side, unless you use
third party controls.
What's more, to render the html correctly, you must include some code in
the web.config.
Finally, you have to do some extrawork to make it almost fully
compatible with non-explorer browsers.
HTH
Stefano Mostarda MC
Rome Italy
It's not fully compatible, for example validation controls are not
rendered, so validation is performed only server side, unless you use
third party controls.
What's more, to render the html correctly, you must include some code in
the web.config.
Finally, you have to do some extrawork to make it almost fully
compatible with non-explorer browsers.
HTH
Stefano Mostarda MC
Rome Italy
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Paul Glavich [MVP - ASP.NET]
There is a set of validation controls designed to work with both Netscape,
IE as well as various other browsers. Its also quite easy to add support for
many other browsers, particularly DOM compliant ones.
You can grab the DOMValidators from
http://aspalliance.com/glav/downloads/domvalidators.zip
They were written by myself and are upto Version 2.002. I haven't done much
with them lately but a numberof people are actively using them and I have
used successfully on a number of production large scale projects. They come
complete with full source code.
IE as well as various other browsers. Its also quite easy to add support for
many other browsers, particularly DOM compliant ones.
You can grab the DOMValidators from
http://aspalliance.com/glav/downloads/domvalidators.zip
They were written by myself and are upto Version 2.002. I haven't done much
with them lately but a numberof people are actively using them and I have
used successfully on a number of production large scale projects. They come
complete with full source code.
R
Robert Gaut
Mark,
One of the beautiful things about ASP.NET is its ability to render its
server controls to what Microsoft calls "downstream" browsers. It is true
that the client script used for the validation controls may not behave well
on older versions of Netscape (pre-7.0 Navigator). So, on downstream
browsers, ASP.NET will force server validation (i.e. validate on postback).
On upsteam browsers (e.g. IE 5.5 and up), ASP.NET will perform most
validation with the client-side scripting is provides.
As for the markup, you can select the browser base you're targeting and it
will output the appropriate doctype and appropriate markup.
For the most part, all we're talking about here is basic HTML and simple
client-side scripting which ASP.NET does pretty well IMHO.
HTH,
Robert Gaut
One of the beautiful things about ASP.NET is its ability to render its
server controls to what Microsoft calls "downstream" browsers. It is true
that the client script used for the validation controls may not behave well
on older versions of Netscape (pre-7.0 Navigator). So, on downstream
browsers, ASP.NET will force server validation (i.e. validate on postback).
On upsteam browsers (e.g. IE 5.5 and up), ASP.NET will perform most
validation with the client-side scripting is provides.
As for the markup, you can select the browser base you're targeting and it
will output the appropriate doctype and appropriate markup.
For the most part, all we're talking about here is basic HTML and simple
client-side scripting which ASP.NET does pretty well IMHO.
HTH,
Robert Gaut
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Lau Lei Cheong
Hello,
I have problem with Netscape lately as it's InputImage seems won't
response to javascript's click() calls.
For some of my pages I could use form.submit() to get over it since I
only need to change the page's layout, for the others I could not since
seems that Netscape won't add ImageButton as the Form.Submit()'s handler.
Regards,
Lau Lei Cheong
I have problem with Netscape lately as it's InputImage seems won't
response to javascript's click() calls.
For some of my pages I could use form.submit() to get over it since I
only need to change the page's layout, for the others I could not since
seems that Netscape won't add ImageButton as the Form.Submit()'s handler.
Regards,
Lau Lei Cheong