RE: [OT] Internet Explorer caching
Is it possible that his IE is using a proxy server of some kind, and this is caching the result? If he's deleted all his temporary files inside IE, then I don't see how IE itself could be loading the old version of a website - dunno where XAP files are stored though. Cheers Ken From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Friday, 14 February 2014 4:43 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Internet Explorer caching You can trick the browser by appending a version to the download url (of the XAP). Indeed! Starting a few days ago I put the version number inside the full XAP file name to help avoid unwanted caching. We've been running experiments with 4 people and getting improved but still occasional unpredictable caching problems. One guy's IE shows the old app, another has Chome stuck but not his IE, and so on. One chap put ?foo=bar on the URL and it woke up the new version. So it's all a bit of a dog's breakfast. However, I feel that changing the XAP file name on each release can only make things better. The chap with the dodgy IE11 did a full reset and reboot but it had no effect. Greg
Re: [OT] Internet Explorer caching
Ok, I know about F12 and its fantastic user-agent settings, but ... they don't persist. What I'd like is to affix a user agent setting for a given url or suburl. (this is to make a dreadful intraweb app that insists on IE8 or older UA setting - it works happily with 11, it just won't start if thats in the UA ) :( On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 4:43 PM, Greg Keogh wrote: > You can trick the browser by appending a version to the download url (of >> the XAP). >> > > Indeed! Starting a few days ago I put the version number inside the full > XAP file name to help avoid unwanted caching. We've been running > experiments with 4 people and getting improved but still occasional > unpredictable caching problems. One guy's IE shows the old app, another has > Chome stuck but not his IE, and so on. One chap put ?foo=bar on the URL and > it woke up the new version. So it's all a bit of a dog's breakfast. > > However, I feel that changing the XAP file name on each release can only > make things better. > > The chap with the dodgy IE11 did a full reset and reboot but it had no > effect. > > Greg > -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills
Re: [OT] Internet Explorer caching
> > You can trick the browser by appending a version to the download url (of > the XAP). > Indeed! Starting a few days ago I put the version number inside the full XAP file name to help avoid unwanted caching. We've been running experiments with 4 people and getting improved but still occasional unpredictable caching problems. One guy's IE shows the old app, another has Chome stuck but not his IE, and so on. One chap put ?foo=bar on the URL and it woke up the new version. So it's all a bit of a dog's breakfast. However, I feel that changing the XAP file name on each release can only make things better. The chap with the dodgy IE11 did a full reset and reboot but it had no effect. Greg
Fwd: [OT] Internet Explorer caching
Forget my previous question. IE has a reset button right under your nose. I don't think I've ever used it or even noticed it before. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737 I'll get my colleague to try that. It makes you wonder why such a command might be necessary?! Greg
Re: [OT] Internet Explorer caching
You can trick the browser by appending a version to the download url (of the XAP). That way when you update the XAP the version number is different and the browser will cache the new version and not get stuck on the old one. On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 12:40 PM, Greg Keogh wrote: > My colleague has terrible trouble with the cache in his Windows 7 IE11. > Every time we change a XAP file or web site he seems to get stuck on the > previous version and can't shake them out by the usual methods of deleting > temp files. After a random number of days the new stuff suddenly appears. > Chrome and Firefox pick up the changes, but not his IE. No one else suffers > from the problem. > > In cases like this you'd normally reinstall the software, but IE is glued > inside Windows. Is there some way of forcing IE back to factory settings or > getting some effect that is as dramatic as a reinstall? > > *Greg K* >
[OT] Internet Explorer caching
My colleague has terrible trouble with the cache in his Windows 7 IE11. Every time we change a XAP file or web site he seems to get stuck on the previous version and can't shake them out by the usual methods of deleting temp files. After a random number of days the new stuff suddenly appears. Chrome and Firefox pick up the changes, but not his IE. No one else suffers from the problem. In cases like this you'd normally reinstall the software, but IE is glued inside Windows. Is there some way of forcing IE back to factory settings or getting some effect that is as dramatic as a reinstall? *Greg K*
