@import causing IE 6 to crash

[q3537wh]

Has anyone encountered a situation where the @import is causing IE 6
to crash?

I have a css file, let's call it test.css, that has only two lines in
it.

@import url("file1.css");
@import url("file2.css");

Both imports were successful in that there were http requests to get
the two files. But when they come back, it could be the parsing that
is causing the browser to fail, but it crashes IE. This happened to me
and a few other people regularly during testing. I fixed it for myself
and others when I moved the files to a different server (could be a
XSS problem in our web app), but this did not fix the problem for
others. Still crashing consistently at the same spot.

Btw this crashs IE 7 a bit less often, and never Firefox, at least in
my tests. And when I ditch the @import and include all the selectors
in test.css, no crash.

I am not concluding this is definitely a css problem. But I want to
ask you all here whether anyone has seen this before.

TIA.

[Andy Dingley]

On 15 May, 00:27, [e-mail] wrote:

I am not concluding this is definitely a css problem. But I want to
ask you all here whether anyone has seen this before.

Post a URL.

@import works for me, so yours must be doing something different. Give
us a URL and we might be able to see what it is.

[q3537wh]

On May 15, 5:50 am, Andy Dingley <[e-mail]:

On 15 May, 00:27, [e-mail] wrote:

I am not concluding this is definitely a css problem. But I want to
ask you all here whether anyone has seen this before.

Post a URL.

@import works for me, so yours must be doing something different. Give
us a URL and we might be able to see what it is.

Unfortunately this is part of a web application for which you'll need
a username and PIN to access, and I can't give those out, not even
test ones.

What I can do is include the code. Small piece of code, no secrets
here.

html{margin:0;padding:0;width:100%;height:100%;ove rflow:hidden}
body{font:9pt Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif;background:#898989;margin:
0;padding:0;width:100%;height:100%;overflow:hidden }
#cssLoaded{text-align:center}
#content{font:9pt Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif;color:#FFFFFF;width:
100%;height:100%;background:#898989}
#logoframediv{background:url("logo.gif") no-repeat; width:186px;height:
186px;margin-top:50px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;text-
align:center;visibility:visible;display:block}
#welcomeLabel{margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;font-size:
18pt;color:white;text-align:center;visibility:visible;display:block}
#containerTable{visibility:visible;text-align:center;}
#infoTable{margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;visibility:visible}
#tRow{color:white;text-align:left;visibility:visible}
#tLabel{padding:2px;width:120px;visibility:visible }
#tData{padding:2px;font-weight:bold;visibility:visible; white-
space:pre-wrap; white-space:-moz-pre-wrap; white-space:-pre-wrap;
white-space:-o-pre-wrap; word-wrap:break-word;}
#mRow{color:white;text-align:left;visibility:visible}
#mLabel{padding:2px;width:120px;visibility:visible }
#mData{padding:2px;font-weight:bold;visibility:visible; white-
space:pre-wrap; white-space:-moz-pre-wrap; white-space:-pre-wrap;
white-space:-o-pre-wrap; word-wrap:break-word;}
#mgRow{color:white;text-align:left;visibility:visible}
#mgLabel{padding:2px;width:120px;visibility:visibl e}
#mgData{padding:2px;font-weight:bold;visibility:visible}

These are the contents of file1.css from my original example. But some
tests from earlier today blew my original assertions out of the water.
I tried it without using @import. Instead, I changed the content of
test.css so it is the same as file1.css and called test.css (I
excluded file2.css in this test) My IE 7 still crashed. On the face of
it this would rule out the @import but rather implicate the contents I
included above. But it's never that simple, is it.

Again, TIA.

[Jonathan N. Little]

q3*****@gmail.com wrote:

On May 15, 5:50 am, Andy Dingley <[e-mail]:

>On 15 May, 00:27, [e-mail] wrote:

>>I am not concluding this is definitely a css problem. But I want to
ask you all here whether anyone has seen this before.

Post a URL.

@import works for me, so yours must be doing something different. Give
us a URL and we might be able to see what it is.

Unfortunately this is part of a web application for which you'll need
a username and PIN to access, and I can't give those out, not even
test ones.

What I can do is include the code. Small piece of code, no secrets
here.

html{margin:0;padding:0;width:100%;height:100%;ove rflow:hidden}
body{font:9pt Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif;background:#898989;margin:
0;padding:0;width:100%;height:100%;overflow:hidden }
#cssLoaded{text-align:center}
#content{font:9pt Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif;color:#FFFFFF;width:
100%;height:100%;background:#898989}
#logoframediv{background:url("logo.gif") no-repeat; width:186px;height:
186px;margin-top:50px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;text-
align:center;visibility:visible;display:block}
#welcomeLabel{margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;font-size:
18pt;color:white;text-align:center;visibility:visible;display:block}
#containerTable{visibility:visible;text-align:center;}
#infoTable{margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;visibility:visible}
#tRow{color:white;text-align:left;visibility:visible}
#tLabel{padding:2px;width:120px;visibility:visible }
#tData{padding:2px;font-weight:bold;visibility:visible; white-
space:pre-wrap; white-space:-moz-pre-wrap; white-space:-pre-wrap;
white-space:-o-pre-wrap; word-wrap:break-word;}
#mRow{color:white;text-align:left;visibility:visible}
#mLabel{padding:2px;width:120px;visibility:visible }
#mData{padding:2px;font-weight:bold;visibility:visible; white-
space:pre-wrap; white-space:-moz-pre-wrap; white-space:-pre-wrap;
white-space:-o-pre-wrap; word-wrap:break-word;}
#mgRow{color:white;text-align:left;visibility:visible}
#mgLabel{padding:2px;width:120px;visibility:visibl e}
#mgData{padding:2px;font-weight:bold;visibility:visible}

These are the contents of file1.css from my original example. But some
tests from earlier today blew my original assertions out of the water.
I tried it without using @import. Instead, I changed the content of
test.css so it is the same as file1.css and called test.css (I
excluded file2.css in this test) My IE 7 still crashed. On the face of
it this would rule out the @import but rather implicate the contents I
included above. But it's never that simple, is it.

Again, TIA.

Priceless!

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Take care,

Jonathan
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http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com

[Ian Hobson]

Jonathan N. Little wrote:

>
Priceless!

Indeed. A classic.

I have software that I can set up to automatically send the same email
out every few days.

Perhaps if we write instructions on how to ask a question so that the
knowledgeable and helpful people here would be able to help nubes - and
post it every few days, this might help?

Can you point me to a FAQ or similar so I can pinch the content?

Regards

Ian

[Jonathan N. Little]

Ian Hobson wrote:

Can you point me to a FAQ or similar so I can pinch the content?

http://www.html-faq.com/
alt.html FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions

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Take care,

Jonathan
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LITTLE WORKS STUDIO
http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com