Problems with codepages in IE8

[jen]

I have two pages in Internet Explorer 7 both look fine but in IE 8 look
wrong. One of the pages looks as if it is moved to far to the right. The
only way I can solve this problem is to manually switch from the codepage
"Western European (Windows) to Unicode (UTF- and vice versa. IE is
configured to switch codepage automatically, but this function is apparently
not working.

What can I do to get this to work?

Tech. spec. IE8 installed on a Winx XP PRO SP3 MUI with Danish languagepack.'

Thanks in advance

 

[Dan]

"jen" <jen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I have two pages in Internet Explorer 7 both look fine but in IE 8 look
> wrong. One of the pages looks as if it is moved to far to the right. The
> only way I can solve this problem is to manually switch from the codepage
> "Western European (Windows) to Unicode (UTF- and vice versa. IE is
> configured to switch codepage automatically, but this function is
> apparently
> not working.
>
> What can I do to get this to work?
>
> Tech. spec. IE8 installed on a Winx XP PRO SP3 MUI with Danish
> languagepack.'
>
> Thanks in advance

What if you enable Compability View in IE8 for this page? If that corrects
it, your page needs to be rewritten to W3C standards.

--
Dan

 

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IE Developer Center
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Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
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Expression Web SuperPreview for Internet Explorer (free, stand-alone visual
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jen wrote:
> I have two pages in Internet Explorer 7 both look fine but in IE 8 look
> wrong. One of the pages looks as if it is moved to far to the right. The
> only way I can solve this problem is to manually switch from the codepage
> "Western European (Windows) to Unicode (UTF- and vice versa. IE is
> configured to switch codepage automatically, but this function is
> apparently
> not working.
>
> What can I do to get this to work?
>
> Tech. spec. IE8 installed on a Winx XP PRO SP3 MUI with Danish
> languagepack.'
>
> Thanks in advance

 

[jen]

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> Developer-specific resources include:
>
> MSDN IE Development Forum (post such questions here instead)
> http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/iewebdevelopment/threads
>
> Tip: When posting in Developer forums, always include a link to your web
> site or test pages in your first post.
>
I would like to do so - but the problem is that it is two intranet pages
wich can't bee seen on the Internet. So I guees a link wouldn't be worth a
lot.

Never the less it seems to be a problem related to the GPO's used to control
the IE. I'll have to find the specific GPO controlling the codepage, once
this is found I think we are able to produce a reg.hack or similar to solve
the problem,

Thanks for your input.

/Jacob