Having VML working in IE8 standard mode

[lrbabe]

it seems that Microsoft finally gave the solution to use VML in IE8:
https://connect.microsoft.com/IE/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=333905
See how guys at dojo implemented it: http://trac.dojotoolkit.org/ticket/7658

if(!document.documentMode || document.documentMode<8) {
document.createStyleSheet().addRule('v\\:*', "behavior: url
(#default#VML);");
}

if(document.documentMode && document.documentMode>=8) {
document.writeln('<?import namespace="v"
implementation="#default#VML" ?>');
}

[lrbabe]

And there seems to be another solution working across all versions of
IE:

document.namespaces.add("v","urn:schemas-microsoft-
com:vml","#default#VML");

I haven't tested it yet.

[Erik Arvidsson]

2008/11/29 lrbabe <lrb...@gmail.com>:

>
> And there seems to be another solution working across all versions of
> IE:
>
> document.namespaces.add("v","urn:schemas-microsoft-
> com:vml","#default#VML");

This is the solution we have always used in ExCanvas.

--
erik

[lrbabe]

No it's not. Currently we use:
if (!doc.namespaces['g_vml_']) {
doc.namespaces.add('g_vml_', 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml');
}

without "#default#VML" as a third argument.

[Erik Arvidsson]

I see.

However, this code does not work on IE8b2. Maybe it will work on IE8rc1?

--
erik

[lrbabe]

It's our last hope to get dynamic vml insertion working in IE8.
If it not, it only means that Microsoft is forcing us to use
Silverlight. Am I right ?

[Erik Arvidsson]

I just update excanvas.js to work in IE8 betas. Please get revision
43 and tell me how it works for you.

--
erik

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erik

[Fabien]

Hi ! it works fine for me on IE8 Beta 2 (tested with the latest Flotr
revision)
It works using all the available modes of the beta.

Thank you very much for this upgrade :)