[Mapbuilder-devel] Fwd: Will MapBuilder run on Internet Explorer 7+

[Andreas H. <and...@gm...>]

Forwarding this message I sent to John. Forgot to cc to the list, so here it is.

Regards,
Andreas.


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Andreas Hocevar <and...@gm...>
Date: Nov 29, 2007 8:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Mapbuilder-devel] Will MapBuilder run on Internet Explorer 7+
To: John Mitchell <mit...@gm...>


John,

if you have made a lot of changes to your version of Mapbuilder, it
might be easier to just upgrade Sarissa in your 1.0 installation.
Because we changed all map-related stuff to use OpenLayers, it might
be some amount of work to get your custom widgets running with 1.5.

To make Mapbuilder 1.0 support IE7, you could have a look at changeset
2605 (http://fisheye.codehaus.org/changelog/mapbuilder?cs=2605). There
were some API changes This was the update to a newer version of
Sarissa, which marked the beginning of IE7 support. Due to some API
changes in Sarissa, we had to do some changes in Mapbuilder.

The patch from this changeset will not apply cleanly to the 1_0
branch, but you can see the required changes to match the new API.
Also be aware that renaming Sarissa.js back to sarissa.js was not a
good idea, because IE would have troubles loading sarissa prior to
Mapbuilder. We reverted that change later.

We would be glad if you were willing to contribute a working patch to
upgrade Sarissa in the 1_0 branch.

Also, if you find it hard to make the required changes, you can
sponsor one of the companies/persons working on Mapbuilder to do that.

Regards,
Andreas.


On Nov 29, 2007 8:14 PM, John Mitchell <mit...@gm...> wrote:
> Andreas,
>
> I have an old version of MapBuilder which has been in production for the
> last year and a half and I have made a lot of changes and enhancements to
> it.
> I have recently been informed that are primary customer is going to in the
> very near future to be upgrading all their computers from IE 6+ to IE 7+.
> My preference is to wait until  the Jan/Feb timeframe when you release
> version 1.5, but I am not sure if I can wait that long  because our customer
> may be using IE 7+ before that time.
> So I may be forced to upgrade with the current 1.5Alpha2 or if I am lucky
> 1.5 release candidate 1.
>
> John
>
>
>
> On Nov 29, 2007 2:01 PM, Andreas Hocevar <and...@gm...> wrote:
> > John,
> >
> >
> > On Nov 29, 2007 4:38 PM, John Mitchell < mit...@gm...> wrote:
> > > For MapBuilder version 1.0.0 and version 1.0.1 will clicking on allow at
> the
> > > information bar of the IE7+ browser also allow these versions to run
> within
> > > Internet Explorer 7+.
> >
> > Unfortunately not, because those versions use an old version of
> > Sarissa, our XSLT abstraction framework, which does not support IE7
> > yet.
> >
> > Is there any specific reason why you want to use Mapbuilder 1.0.1?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Andreas.
> >
>
>
>
> --
> John J. Mitchell