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Hi i am developing a custom form in asp.net. I developed in my laptop which has the latest IE 8 and Firefox version. 3.6.x ; however I run this on the customer browser and I got horible displaying on the design of the page, I am guessing that IE 8 corrects my errors and show it nice but theirs dont. how can I correct this errors so It display fine??

<%@ Master Language="C#" CodeFile="MasterPage.master.cs" Inherits="MasterPage" EnableViewState="false" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

  <script type="text/javascript">
      function OnClick1() {
          if (divCalendar.style.display == "none")
              divCalendar.style.display = "";
          else
              divCalendar.style.display = "none";
      }
        </script> 
        
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
 <title>Procedure Tracer</title>

<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div class="BackgroundGradient"> </div>
    <div class="BodyContent">

    <div class="BorderBorder"><div class="BorderBL"><div></div></div><div class="BorderBR"><div></div></div><div class="BorderTL"></div><div class="BorderTR"><div></div></div><div class="BorderT"></div><div class="BorderR"><div></div></div><div class="BorderB"><div></div></div><div class="BorderL"></div><div class="BorderC"></div><div class="Border">

        <div class="Header">
          <div class="HeaderTitle">
            <h1>Procedure Tracer</h1>
            <h2></h2>
          </div>
        </div><div class="Columns"><div class="MainColumn">
        <div class="ArticleBorder"></div>
            <asp:ContentPlaceHolder id="Content" runat="server" >

                <div>
                </div>
            </asp:ContentPlaceHolder>

        </div></div></div></div> </div>
          
    </form>
</body>
</html>
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Brief expert summary and practical fixes tied to the thread: reported a form that looks fine in modern browsers but breaks on older Internet Explorer builds; correctly noted those browsers are outdated. The root causes in situations like this are almost always differences in document mode (quirks vs standards) and IE-specific layout/box-model bugs — not an incompatibility with ASP.NET itself. The server-side framework only delivers HTML/CSS/JS; old IE versions render that output using legacy rules.

Quick, actionable checklist (apply in the page head or stylesheet workflow):

  • Force a standards document mode when possible using the X-UA-Compatible header (must appear in the head before other markup or be sent as an HTTP header):

    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />

  • Deliver an IE-targeted stylesheet for very old browsers using conditional comments:

    <!--[if lt IE 7]>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="ie6-fixes.css" />
<![endif]-->

  • Fix classic IE layout problems by triggering hasLayout on misbehaving containers:

    .problem-element { zoom: 1; } /* IE-only layout fix */

Diagnostics and validation: confirm which document mode the client is using (compatibility view or quirks). Validate the generated HTML/CSS (validator.w3.org) and test in an environment that reproduces the customer browser (Microsoft provides legacy VMs for testing). Read about quirks vs standards and the X-UA-Compatible header for details: and .

Final notes: if supporting IE5/6 is mandatory, plan a simplified fallback stylesheet and avoid modern selectors/layouts that those engines don’t understand. If possible, recommend upgrading the client browser — it’s the most reliable fix.

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I can't find an example to show with a history/listing of what versions of ASP.Net are supported by which versions of Internet Explorer but...

I would think that the issue you are having is that IE5/6 are both heavily outdated versions of IE and likely are not capable of handling the newer version of ASP.Net that you are utilizing in your form.

Why anybody would still be using IE5/6 is beyond me as it's a free upgrade to get newer versions and Firefox is better/more stable anyway :twisted:

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