ASP.NET and browsers

[Bart Schelkens]

Hi,

It might be a stupid question.
I'm creating a webapplication using vb.net.
I was wondering can this webapplication be viewed in other browsers besides
Internet Explorer?
Or are we limited to IE?

Thx

[Xavier Pacheco]

Not a stupid question at all. For the most part most browsers are
supported. ASP.NET results in an html page with javascript (depending
on the browsers) the resulting html could be different in order to
achieve browser independence. Generally speaking, there are two
categories of browsers (uplevel and downlevel) and depending upon which
browser hits your asp.net site, it will generate html according to that
browsers capabilities. Do a google search on "Uplevel + downlevel
browsers" and you'll turn up several articles on the topic:

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Xapware Technologies Inc

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[Bart Schelkens]

Thx for the info.

Now I've used the IEWebControls in my website to display the treeview and
the tabs.
So I guess they will not be displayed correctly or cause errors in other
browsers ?

"Xavier Pacheco" <xavier@_nospam_xapware.com> wrote in message
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Not a stupid question at all. For the most part most browsers are
supported. ASP.NET results in an html page with javascript (depending
on the browsers) the resulting html could be different in order to
achieve browser independence. Generally speaking, there are two
categories of browsers (uplevel and downlevel) and depending upon which
browser hits your asp.net site, it will generate html according to that
browsers capabilities. Do a google search on "Uplevel + downlevel
browsers" and you'll turn up several articles on the topic:

--
Xavier Pacheco
Xapware Technologies Inc

manage your projects: www.xapware.com/ActiveFocus.htm
the blog: www.xavierpacheco.com/xlog
the book: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...vierpacheco-20

[Xavier Pacheco]

I'm not familiar enough with those controls to know whether a specific
control will not work with other browsers. I would contact the author
of the control and inquire there.

--
Xavier Pacheco
Xapware Technologies Inc

manage your projects: www.xapware.com/ActiveFocus.htm
the blog: www.xavierpacheco.com/xlog
the book: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...vierpacheco-20

[Alex Homer]

They will work, but will cause a postback in browsers other than IE - rather
than using client-side code to update the display. They also depend on CSS
for many or the prettier features, which won't work in older browsers. But
the page should still be usable.

"Bart Schelkens" <BS********@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Thx for the info.

Now I've used the IEWebControls in my website to display the treeview and
the tabs.
So I guess they will not be displayed correctly or cause errors in other
browsers ?

"Xavier Pacheco" <xavier@_nospam_xapware.com> wrote in message
news:xn****************@msnews.microsoft.com...

Not a stupid question at all. For the most part most browsers are
supported. ASP.NET results in an html page with javascript (depending
on the browsers) the resulting html could be different in order to
achieve browser independence. Generally speaking, there are two
categories of browsers (uplevel and downlevel) and depending upon which
browser hits your asp.net site, it will generate html according to that
browsers capabilities. Do a google search on "Uplevel + downlevel
browsers" and you'll turn up several articles on the topic:

--
Xavier Pacheco
Xapware Technologies Inc

manage your projects: www.xapware.com/ActiveFocus.htm
the blog: www.xavierpacheco.com/xlog
the book: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...vierpacheco-20