Wow Tony! I tried your first suggestion and it worked! Thanks.
Thanks also to Jacob for your suggestion, I was about to do it until Tony's suggestion arrived. Two browsers in one; very cool! I don't know quite how it works but it will be quite handy. My report on the text alignment issues and some ensuing discussion can be seen at http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-svg/2011May/0141.html and threads leading from there. A correction though: IE/ASV and Opera seem to agree, but with the problem that neither gives the method for top-alignment of text (even with script) that I'm seeking. Most browsers seem to interpret getExtentOfChar() differently than Opera, ASV and I would, and unfortunately, it looks as though the spec is sufficiently vague or misleading that it leaves SVG with utterly no way to handle some standard typographical effects. regards David From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of tonyschr Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2011 10:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [svg-developers] Re: running IE9 and ASV It should be easier than that. I don't have a machine to test this on right now, but offhand three things that should work: 1) Embed the SVG using the 'object' tag and set the page meta tag for X-UA-Compatible to something earlier than IE9 mode. Or use the developer toolbar to trigger an earlier mode. 2) Again with the 'object' tag, explicitly specify the CLSID of the ASV instead of just type="image/svg+xml". You could also use the deprecated image/svg-xml, but that's a hack... 3) Install the ASV after IE9 and double-click the .svg file. If this doesn't work let me know. Out of curiosity I'd be interested in learning about the text alignment issues you encountered. - Tony Schreiner [MSFT] --- In [email protected] <mailto:svg-developers%40yahoogroups.com> , Jacob Beard <jbeard4@...> wrote: > > I think the canonical approach to testing different configurations of IE is > to simply run a virtual machine. Microsoft provides images for their free > Virtual PC emulator: > > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=21eabb90-958f-4b 64-b5f1-73d0a413c8ef > > <http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=21eabb90-958f-4 b64-b5f1-73d0a413c8ef> > Jake > > On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 3:02 PM, David Dailey <ddailey@...>wrote: > > > > > > > I'm trying to do some cross browser testing on a machine running Windows 7. > > Is there a way to perform tests using IE9 (which is installed), but still > > be > > able to see what things look like in ASV? There were some recent tests > > involving text alignment that I reported here a few months ago where all > > modern browsers failed miserably, but IE/ASV seemed to do it correctly, and > > I am interested in checking my work without having to drive to the office > > (where there are legacy machines to be found). > > > > Cheers > > > > David > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [email protected] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ----Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
