[SOLVED] Issue with HTML output in IE for Phone Numbers

ssharma · 08-05-2008, 08:13 AM

Hello Guys,

I am facing a typical problem related to output of HTML when outputing phone or fax numbers. For example a phone number like +44-191-0000000
is displayed as 191-0000000. I have checked all the apparent possibilities but nothing works. Interestingly there is no issue with output on Firefox.

The simple HTML code is as follows:
+++++++++++++++++++++Code Starts below:

<html>
<head>
<title>Global Information System - Employee Information Page</title>
</head>

<body marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" topmargin="0" leftmargin="0" >
<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td colspan="3" valign=top><nobr>

Test, Test [ <a href='/application/communication/organisation_view.asp?OrgaID=E0000130 ' target='_parent'>FE-North Shields</a> ]
</nobr><br>
<tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3"><a href="mailto:dummy.dummy@dummy.com">dummy.dummy@dummy.com</a> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" colspan="3">
<table cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0">
<tr><td>Phone:</td><td> </td><td align='left' width='100%'>+44-191-0000000</td></tr>
<tr><td>Fax:</td><td> </td><td align='left' width='100%'>+44-191-0000000</td></tr>
<tr><td>Mobile:</td><td> </td><td align='left' width='100%'>+44-7977-0000000</td></tr>
</table></td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

+++++++++++++++Code ended above

I have IE6 installed on WindowsXP SP3

I would appreciate any clue on this one.

Thanks

**jamiemac2005** · 08-05-2008, 09:16 AM

Hey, you could use the HTML entities (e.g. what you use instead of < when you want to display a right angle bracket)...

(Check the EDIT at the bottom)

This works in both browsers(i've checked)..

Hope it works.

Cheers,
Jamey

EDIT!: LMAO of course, i'm posting in html based stuff, so the entities get changed. The entities are here: http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/html3/latin1.html

Okay i'll try and display them:
+ becomes: +
- becomes: -
(excuse the boldness, if i don't include it they change to the + sign etc.)

so this code:

Code:

+44-191-0000000

becomes:

Code:

&#43;44&#45;191&#45;0000000

yet again excuse the overuse of boldness it's just so they display

ssharma · 08-06-2008, 02:33 AM

Hi Jamey,

Thanks for the tip. Actually I was already thinking of using entities however since these outputs are generated via ASP pages and there are several different pages with different output requirements which are already programmed the effort would have been substantial.

My expertise is in programming rather than HTML coding but finally what I found was to just add the character code meta tag to the HTML page output and this works without any issue. For example: <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">

So the issue is closed.

I once again thank you for your tip.

Cheers,
Sharad.

**jamiemac2005** · 08-06-2008, 07:03 AM

Ah okay, cheers for posting the solution...

Cheers,
Jamey

08-05-2008, 08:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
ssharma Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2 OS: Windows XP SP3	[SOLVED] Issue with HTML output in IE for Phone Numbers Hello Guys, I am facing a typical problem related to output of HTML when outputing phone or fax numbers. For example a phone number like +44-191-0000000 is displayed as 191-0000000. I have checked all the apparent possibilities but nothing works. Interestingly there is no issue with output on Firefox. The simple HTML code is as follows: +++++++++++++++++++++Code Starts below: <html> <head> <title>Global Information System - Employee Information Page</title> </head> <body marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" topmargin="0" leftmargin="0" > <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td colspan="3" valign=top><nobr> <!-- Name and Department Links--> Test, Test [ <a href='/application/communication/organisation_view.asp?OrgaID=E0000130 ' target='_parent'>FE-North Shields</a> ] </nobr><br> <tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"><a href="mailto:dummy.dummy@dummy.com">dummy.dummy@dummy.com</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="3"> <table cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"> <tr><td>Phone:</td><td> </td><td align='left' width='100%'>+44-191-0000000</td></tr> <tr><td>Fax:</td><td> </td><td align='left' width='100%'>+44-191-0000000</td></tr> <tr><td>Mobile:</td><td> </td><td align='left' width='100%'>+44-7977-0000000</td></tr> </table></td> </tr> </table> </body> </html> +++++++++++++++Code ended above I have IE6 installed on WindowsXP SP3 I would appreciate any clue on this one. Thanks

08-05-2008, 09:16 AM	#2 (permalink)
jamiemac2005 Design Team Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Coventry, UK Posts: 1,874 OS: Vista, various linux distros	Re: Issue with HTML output in IE for Phone Numbers Hey, you could use the HTML entities (e.g. what you use instead of < when you want to display a right angle bracket)... (Check the EDIT at the bottom) This works in both browsers(i've checked).. Hope it works. Cheers, Jamey EDIT!: LMAO of course, i'm posting in html based stuff, so the entities get changed. The entities are here: http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/html3/latin1.html Okay i'll try and display them: + becomes: + - becomes: - (excuse the boldness, if i don't include it they change to the + sign etc.) so this code: Code: +44-191-0000000 becomes: Code: +44-191-0000000 yet again excuse the overuse of boldness it's just so they display __________________ Myspace Last edited by jamiemac2005; 08-05-2008 at 09:21 AM.

08-06-2008, 02:33 AM	#3 (permalink)
ssharma Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2 OS: Windows XP SP3	Re: Issue with HTML output in IE for Phone Numbers Hi Jamey, Thanks for the tip. Actually I was already thinking of using entities however since these outputs are generated via ASP pages and there are several different pages with different output requirements which are already programmed the effort would have been substantial. My expertise is in programming rather than HTML coding but finally what I found was to just add the character code meta tag to the HTML page output and this works without any issue. For example: <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> So the issue is closed. I once again thank you for your tip. Cheers, Sharad.

08-06-2008, 07:03 AM	#4 (permalink)
jamiemac2005 Design Team Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Coventry, UK Posts: 1,874 OS: Vista, various linux distros	Re: [SOLVED] Issue with HTML output in IE for Phone Numbers Ah okay, cheers for posting the solution... Cheers, Jamey __________________ Myspace