[Grok-dev] Problems serving iepngfix.htc for transparent PNG in IE6

[Wichert Akkerman]

We recently came up with a very simple bit of javascript that works
wonders:

    var ie55 = (navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer" && parseInt(navigator.appVersion) == 4 && navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 5.5") != -1);
    var ie6 = (navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer" && parseInt(navigator.appVersion) == 4 && navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 6.0") != -1);

    if (jQuery.browser.msie && (ie55 || ie6)) {
        root.find("img[@src$=.png]").each(function() {
            $(this).css({
                    height: "0px",
                    width: $(this).width()+"px",
                    "padding-top" : $(this) .height()+"px",
                    overflow : "hidden",
                    filter : "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='" + $(this).attr("src") + "', sizingMethod='scale')"
                    });
        });
    }

for some reason most people seem to want to wrap images in spans or mess
around with dummy images like the komodomedia.com snippet does.

Wichert.


Previously Sebastian Ware wrote:
> I did some more research on this and one CAN use the iepngfix.htc  
> solution if one places the file on a server configured to support  
> the .htc file type and by using
> 
>     behavior: url(http://full.address.com/path/to/iepngfix.htc);
> 
> Since most people will run Grok behind a proxy webserver I guess this  
> isn't a biggie. IE6 on the other hand... one keeps on forgetting just  
> how much it sucks to have it around -- if it had been a car it would  
> have been banned from public roads decades ago...
> 
> Mvh Sebastian
> 
> 1 dec 2008 kl. 20.05 skrev Sebastian Ware:
> 
> > I gave up on trying to serve iepngfix.htc. Using this solution  
> > instead:
> >
> >  http://www.komodomedia.com/blog/2007/11/css-png-image-fix-for-ie
> >
> > Mvh Sebastian
> >
> > 1 dec 2008 kl. 19.27 skrev Sebastian Ware:
> >
> >> Thanks, but I am still struggling. Don't know how to affect the
> >> content type served from the static folder. If anyone has ha complete
> >> recipe for this problem it would be great. PNG-transparency is kind  
> >> of
> >> important stuff...
> >>
> >> Mvh Sebastian
> >>
> >>
> >> 1 dec 2008 kl. 18.22 skrev Leonardo Rochael Almeida:
> >>
> >>> I believe the solution to your problem goes through the following
> >>> tidbit I found while reading the instructions for [1]:
> >>>
> >>> "you may have a MIME type problem. You must ensure your server is
> >>> sending the correct MIME type of "text/x-component" for .HTC files".
> >>>
> >>> [1] http://www.twinhelix.com/css/iepngfix/
> >>>
> >>> Cheers, Leo
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 14:38, Sebastian Ware
> >>> <sebastian at urbantalk.se> wrote:
> >>>> I need to use the PNG-transparency fix which involves using a .htc
> >>>> file that is executed by IE5.5&6. I want to place iepngfix.htc in  
> >>>> the
> >>>> static folder in order to avoid having to create a specific rewrite
> >>>> rule for nginx. However, I have been trying to get this to work and
> >>>> it
> >>>> seems as though Grok won't deliver the .htc-file out of the static
> >>>> folder in a way that works with IE.
> >>>>
> >>>> Question:
> >>>> 1 Has anyone succesfully used the iepngfix.htc solution with Grok?
> >>>> 2 How did you do it?
> >>>>
> >>>> Mvh Sebastian
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> >>>>
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