IE6 hangs intermittently (non-recovarable)

saiky76 · 09-18-2008, 01:01 AM

I see an issue with our web app which freezes in IE6 intermittently. It never freezes with IE7 and firefox. The webapp is heavily javascript/frame driven.
Here is the relevant section page layout.

<frameset id='wac' rows='*,0' frameborder="2" border="2"
onLoad="open_rhs_page('policy_overview.do?tab=homepage','null','null');
if (parent.header) {parent.header.switchViewImage('policy')}">
<frameset id='main' style="cursor:move;cursor:e-resize;" cols='240,*' frameborder="2" border="2">
<frame name='left'src='IDispatch.do?tab=policy_search' frameborder="0" border="0" scrolling=no>
<frame name='right'src='about:blank' frameborder="0" border="0" scrolling=no>
</frameset>

<frame name='hidden'src='about:blank' frameborder="0" border="0" noresize tabIndex=-1>
</frameset>

The scenario which intermittently fails is: The hidden frame posts a requests to the server (via location.replace) and the server sends the correct HTML/javascript. But the HTML/Javascript never gets executed by the IE 6 browser, in case of freeze. I verified this by opening a new window and logging at the very beginning of the HTML and inside the body.

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
debugger;debugWindow1 = window.open('','testwinie');
debugWindow1.document.write("Hello IE6 1");
</script>

Ofcourse, the onload method of the incoming is also not called when IE 6 freezes.

Strange thing is when IE 6 freezes but nothing shows up in the event viewer - the IE 6 browser is running on Win XP and the IE verision is 6.0 Update version SP2.

Any pointers would be great - specifically how can I see logs for IE 6 throwing some light on the problem.

Here is the HTML the browser returns when IE 6 freezes - the brwoser never starts on working on this HTML before freezing but just in case.

Thanks for your time.

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Response HTML
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<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
debugger;debugWindow1 = window.open('','testwinie');
debugWindow1.document.write("Hello IE6 1");
</script>

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">

<HTML>

<body onLoad="if ( (parent) &&

.. (parent.frames['right']) &&.

.. (parent.frames['right'].document) &&

(parent.frames['right'].is_search_results_frame)

)

{

parent.frames['right'].data_ready();

}">

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
debugger;debugWindow1 = window.open('','testwinie');
debugWindow1.document.write("Hello IE6 2");
</script>



<div id="search_results_data"><table id="0_item" class="search_result_row"><tr><td>There are currently no results to display</td></tr></table></div>



<div id="noof_results">0</div>

<div id="W_id_tag_list"></div>

<div id="W_name_tag_list"></div>

<div id="W_typeList"></div>

<div id="targetList"></div>

<div id="targetfileList"></div>



<form id="W_search" name="W_search" method="get" action="processSearch.do">

<input id="W_search_pageSize" type="text" name="pageSize" value="20"/>

<input id="breadcrumtags" type="text" name="breadcrumtags" value="policy/Event_Based/A_I"/>

<input id="breadcrumtexts" type="text" name="breadcrumtexts" value="Policies/Event Based/A I"/>

<input id="breadcrumtypes" type="text" name="breadcrumtypes" value="tag/tag/tag"/>

<input id="breadcrumIds" type="text" name="breadcrumIds" value="policy/Event_Based/A_I"/>

<input id="W_search_find" type="text" name="find" value=""/>

<input id="W_search_where1" type="text" name="where1"/>

<input id="W_search_where2" type="text" name="where2"/>

<input id="W_search_where3" type="text" name="where3"/>

<input id="W_search_matches1" type="text" name="matches1"/>

<input id="W_search_matches2" type="text" name="matches2"/>

<input id="W_search_matches3" type="text" name="matches3"/>

<input id="W_search_group" type="text" name="group"/>

<input id="W_search_groupValue" type="text" name="groupValue"/>

<input id="W_search_groupUUID" type="text" name="groupID"/>

<input id="show_details_check" type="text" name="showdetails"/>

<input id="W_search_start" type="text" name="start"/>

<input id="W_search_sort" type="text" name="sort"/>

<input id="W_search_datascroll" type="text" name="datascroll"/>

</form>

<div id='search_results_instructions'>

.<table cellSpacing='0' cellPadding='0' border='0'><tr><td nowrap align='left' class='breadcrumb' title='Policies' onclick="parent.frames['left'].start_search('policy','Policies','tag','policy')">Policies</td><td class='breadcrumb_current'>></td>

<td nowrap align='left' class='breadcrumb' title='Event Based' onclick="parent.frames['left'].start_search('policy/Event_Based','Policies/Event Based','tag/tag','policy/Event_Based')">Event Based</td><td class='breadcrumb_current'>></td>

<td nowrap align='left' class='breadcrumb_current'>A I</td></tr></table>

</div>

</BODY>

</HTML>

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Response HTML
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**sobeit** · 09-20-2008, 02:13 AM

you may want to pm a moderator and have them move this post to the webdesign forum

09-18-2008, 01:01 AM	#1 (permalink)
saiky76 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1 OS: Windows XP	IE6 hangs intermittently (non-recovarable) I see an issue with our web app which freezes in IE6 intermittently. It never freezes with IE7 and firefox. The webapp is heavily javascript/frame driven. Here is the relevant section page layout. <frameset id='wac' rows=',0' frameborder="2" border="2" onLoad="open_rhs_page('policy_overview.do?tab=homepage','null','null'); if (parent.header) {parent.header.switchViewImage('policy')}"> <frameset id='main' style="cursor:move;cursor:e-resize;" cols='240,' frameborder="2" border="2"> <frame name='left'src='IDispatch.do?tab=policy_search' frameborder="0" border="0" scrolling=no> <frame name='right'src='about:blank' frameborder="0" border="0" scrolling=no> </frameset> <frame name='hidden'src='about:blank' frameborder="0" border="0" noresize tabIndex=-1> </frameset> The scenario which intermittently fails is: The hidden frame posts a requests to the server (via location.replace) and the server sends the correct HTML/javascript. But the HTML/Javascript never gets executed by the IE 6 browser, in case of freeze. I verified this by opening a new window and logging at the very beginning of the HTML and inside the body. <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> debugger;debugWindow1 = window.open('','testwinie'); debugWindow1.document.write("Hello IE6 1"); </script> Ofcourse, the onload method of the incoming is also not called when IE 6 freezes. Strange thing is when IE 6 freezes but nothing shows up in the event viewer - the IE 6 browser is running on Win XP and the IE verision is 6.0 Update version SP2. Any pointers would be great - specifically how can I see logs for IE 6 throwing some light on the problem. Here is the HTML the browser returns when IE 6 freezes - the brwoser never starts on working on this HTML before freezing but just in case. Thanks for your time. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Response HTML -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> debugger;debugWindow1 = window.open('','testwinie'); debugWindow1.document.write("Hello IE6 1"); </script> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML> <body onLoad="if ( (parent) && .. (parent.frames['right']) &&. .. (parent.frames['right'].document) && (parent.frames['right'].is_search_results_frame) ) { parent.frames['right'].data_ready(); }"> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> debugger;debugWindow1 = window.open('','testwinie'); debugWindow1.document.write("Hello IE6 2"); </script> <!-- returned data is inserted here --> <div id="search_results_data"><table id="0_item" class="search_result_row"><tr><td>There are currently no results to display</td></tr></table></div> <!-- message to display at top of search results area --> <div id="noof_results">0</div> <div id="W_id_tag_list"></div> <div id="W_name_tag_list"></div> <div id="W_typeList"></div> <div id="targetList"></div> <div id="targetfileList"></div> <!-- submission form is here, used to submit requests to the server --> <form id="W_search" name="W_search" method="get" action="processSearch.do"> <input id="W_search_pageSize" type="text" name="pageSize" value="20"/> <input id="breadcrumtags" type="text" name="breadcrumtags" value="policy/Event_Based/A_I"/> <input id="breadcrumtexts" type="text" name="breadcrumtexts" value="Policies/Event Based/A I"/> <input id="breadcrumtypes" type="text" name="breadcrumtypes" value="tag/tag/tag"/> <input id="breadcrumIds" type="text" name="breadcrumIds" value="policy/Event_Based/A_I"/> <input id="W_search_find" type="text" name="find" value=""/> <input id="W_search_where1" type="text" name="where1"/> <input id="W_search_where2" type="text" name="where2"/> <input id="W_search_where3" type="text" name="where3"/> <input id="W_search_matches1" type="text" name="matches1"/> <input id="W_search_matches2" type="text" name="matches2"/> <input id="W_search_matches3" type="text" name="matches3"/> <input id="W_search_group" type="text" name="group"/> <input id="W_search_groupValue" type="text" name="groupValue"/> <input id="W_search_groupUUID" type="text" name="groupID"/> <input id="show_details_check" type="text" name="showdetails"/> <input id="W_search_start" type="text" name="start"/> <input id="W_search_sort" type="text" name="sort"/> <input id="W_search_datascroll" type="text" name="datascroll"/> </form> <div id='search_results_instructions'> .<table cellSpacing='0' cellPadding='0' border='0'><tr><td nowrap align='left' class='breadcrumb' title='Policies' onclick="parent.frames['left'].start_search('policy','Policies','tag','policy')">Policies</td><td class='breadcrumb_current'>></td> <td nowrap align='left' class='breadcrumb' title='Event Based' onclick="parent.frames['left'].start_search('policy/Event_Based','Policies/Event Based','tag/tag','policy/Event_Based')">Event Based</td><td class='breadcrumb_current'>></td> <td nowrap align='left' class='breadcrumb_current'>A I</td></tr></table> </div> </BODY> </HTML> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Response HTML --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

09-20-2008, 02:13 AM	#2 (permalink)
sobeit TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NEAR Posts: 7,433 OS: windows/linux	Re: IE6 hangs intermittently (non-recovarable) you may want to pm a moderator and have them move this post to the webdesign forum __________________ there's been global warming since the ice age