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Specifying Compatibility Modes on a Per-Page Basis for IE8

I have a strange issue with a Telerik RadWindow that only occurs in IE8. It works fine when I force the browser to use Document Mode: IE7 Standards. I am trying to specify IE7 compatibility mode on a Per-Page Basis for just one page in my site. using

<head>
   <!-- Mimic Internet Explorer 7 -->
      <title>My Web Page</title>
      <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" />
</head>

According to the MSDN article this should do it, but it does not seem to work for me. Any other alternatives other than forcing a custom HTTP response header throughout the whole site. I only need to fix this one page?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc817574.aspx

+1  A: 

I was about to post a message about this as it doesn't appear to do anything either for me. I've just upgraded to IE8, and the only thing that breaks in my web app is the standard Microsoft Report Viewer control. Rather ironic that :-) I was expecting the Infragsitic NetAdvantage controls to break as they're quite heavy on CSS and JavaScript but they appear to be fine.

Therefore, I added the <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" /> line to my report viewer page but it doesn't seem to do anything. It still renders wrong unless I switch the entire site to compatability mode.

Cheers, Rob.

Rob Nicholson  2009-04-04 19:40:50
Don  2009-05-04 20:02:29
No, this is IE8 in Windows XP Professional. Did you ever hear back from your support ticket?
Rob Nicholson  2009-07-13 21:51:26
A: 

Not sure if anyone managed to get this fixed. I have the same problem as Rob. My ReportViewer didn't break, but I noticed that it rendered table columns differently. In IE7, the report wraps long text (with no spaces), but in IE8 the text (with no spaces) is rendered as a single line causing my report to disappear on the far right.

I tried the IE7 compatibility thing, and it didn't work for me either.

ophelia  2010-01-13 07:31:03

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