Re: [TaxableTotal] - not working with AOL and IE

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1997


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 11856
interpreted = N
texte = >For some reason ( I must be doing something wrong.. because the software is >amazing!) the [taxabletotal] field comes up 0.00 on Microsoft Internet >explorer and AOL browsers, but on netscape it works properly. I can't >understand why??In general, if you notice a difference between browsers there are a couple things to look for:1) Some browsers are more sensitive to incorrect HTML, quotes, unterminated tags, etc. So things like the following will not work <-- notice missing quote
<-- notice missing 2) Make sure you're not using [HTML1]...[/HTML1] incorrectly -- you might have completely different stuff being sent to different browsersSo the debugging trick is to do a view source from both browsers while looking for differences, and also in Netscape look for flashing tags -- that means there's an HTML syntax errorGrant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ===== Tools for WebWarriors ===== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog Pro, WebCommerce Solution 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, SiteCheck, PhotoMaster San Diego, CA 92128 | SiteGuard 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
>For some reason ( I must be doing something wrong.. because the software is >amazing!) the [taxabletotal] field comes up 0.00 on Microsoft Internet >explorer and AOL browsers, but on netscape it works properly. I can't >understand why??In general, if you notice a difference between browsers there are a couple things to look for:1) Some browsers are more sensitive to incorrect HTML, quotes, unterminated tags, etc. So things like the following will not work <-- notice missing quote
<-- notice missing 2) Make sure you're not using [HTML1]...[/HTML1] incorrectly -- you might have completely different stuff being sent to different browsersSo the debugging trick is to do a view source from both browsers while looking for differences, and also in Netscape look for flashing tags -- that means there's an HTML syntax errorGrant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ===== Tools for WebWarriors ===== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog Pro, WebCommerce Solution 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, SiteCheck, PhotoMaster San Diego, CA 92128 | SiteGuard 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com Grant Hulbert

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