Internet Explorer 8 compatibility view

jimmygrec · Post by **jimmygrec** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 1:29 pm

I noticed that PWB defaults to legacy IE compatibility view mode. Is there any way to set it to use IE 8 standards mode instead?

Thank you,

Post by **Scott** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:26 am

Add the follwing DWORD value to the Windows Regsitry to have PWB run in IE8 mode.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_NATIVE_DOCUMENT_MODE]

"PWB.exe"=dword:13880

http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2008/0 ... n-ie8.aspx

--Scott

Post by **Scott** » Wed May 27, 2009 12:43 pm

It looks like MS has changed the functionality since the last post.
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2009/0 ... ments.aspx

To run PWB in IE8 Standards Mode, use the following new value in the registry:

[(HKEY_CURRENT_USER or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE)\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION]
"PWB.exe" = dword 8000 (Hex: 0x1F40)

To run in IE7 Standards Mode, use the following registry value:

[(HKEY_CURRENT_USER or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE)\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION]
"PWB.exe" = dword 7000 (Hex: 0x1B58)

For IE8 RTM, Microsoft added a new “forced” IE8 Standards Mode value. When an application opts into this mode, the Web Browser control will use the IE8 User-Agent string and Browser Emulation mode strictly. It will also ignore fallback features such as the built-in Compatibility View list and the user-generated Compatibility View list when loading pages. To run in “forced” IE8 Standards Mode, use the following registry value:

[(HKEY_CURRENT_USER or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE)\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION]
"PWB.exe" = dword 8888 (Hex: 0x22B8)

Until the Windows API (CoInternetSetFeatureEnabled) is fully updated to include this functionality this will not be added to the PWB INI file and will need to be added to the Winodws Registry be hand.

--Scott

Post by **Scott** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:16 am

PWB v2.10.8 (08-18-2009)

The following was added to the INI file to set the IE compatability mode in IE 8 when PWB starts.

[Browser]
IEBrowserEmulation=8000

--Scott

amutch · Post by **amutch** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 6:51 am

Which mode does this setting correspond to? Turning Compatability View on or off?

Post by **Scott** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:58 am

If you set the setting to 7000 it will use IE 7 mode, if you set the setting as 8000 it will use IE 8 mode.

When the setting is set PWB just adds the line to the Windows Registry as below.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION]
"PWB.exe" = dword 7000 (Hex: 0x1B58)

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION]
"PWB.exe" = dword 8000(Hex: 0x1F40)

This seems to be a moving target in Internet Explorer 8 so we made it a DWORD value instead of a True or False setting.

--Scott

amutch · Post by **amutch** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 9:29 am

Thanks. I appreciate the clarification.