IE 8 displays HTML code instead of webpage

stanralph · 06-22-2009, 10:16 AM

I have ie 8 on a dell laptop vista bus. I have and aspx page on a password protected folder of my server (windows 2003) that asks for an id number, looks up the student in a database, retrieves his data and displays it and then asks you for an email address to send the certificate to. This page works fine.

It then redirects to page 2 which has vb code that sets variables from the previous form and looks up a county name from a database. The code then creates a JPEG image from an existing graphics background and puts the textual data in the graphics image and saves to disk. The code then creates a mailer object, mailer = Server.CreateObject("SMTPsvg.Mailer"), and attaches the jpg image and sends the mail. THIS WORKS FINE. Next the jpg image is deleted and the asp:textboxes are updated to reflect the status and a continue button is made visible.

The problem is that IE 8, while performing the code with out error then displays the HTML code and not the webpage. The HTML code follows:
<%@ Page Language="vb" Aspcompat="True" AutoEventWireup="false" Codebehind="email1aNew.aspx.vb" Inherits="CertsDelivery.email1aNew" codePage="65001"%>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >

<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=7">(added to try no luck)
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 7.1">
<meta name="CODE_LANGUAGE" content="Visual Basic .NET 7.1">
<meta name=vs_defaultClientScript content="JavaScript">
<meta name=vs_targetSchema content="http://schemas.microsoft.com/intellisense/ie3-2nav3-0">(tried all settings)
<title>email1aNew</title>

</head>
<body MS_POSITIONING="GridLayout">

<form id="Form1" runat="server">
<asp:textbox id="tb1" style="Z-INDEX: 107; LEFT: 408px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 114px" runat="server"></asp:textbox>
<asp:label id="Label4" style="Z-INDEX: 111; LEFT: 419px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 416px" runat="server"
Width="269px" CssClass="label1" Visible="False">Done, file deleted...</asp:label>
<asp:label id="Label3" style="Z-INDEX: 110; LEFT: 417px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 394px" runat="server"
Width="269px" CssClass="label1" Visible="False">File could not be mailed.......</asp:label>
<asp:label id="Label2" style="Z-INDEX: 109; LEFT: 414px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 393px" runat="server"
Width="269px" CssClass="label1" Visible="False">File successfully emailed......</asp:label>
<asp:textbox id="tbsn" style="Z-INDEX: 101; LEFT: 406px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 173px" runat="server"
Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="Blue" ReadOnly="True" Enabled="False" BackColor="WhiteSmoke" Width="280px"></asp:textbox>
<asp:textbox id="tbCity" style="Z-INDEX: 102; LEFT: 406px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 197px" runat="server"
Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="Blue" ReadOnly="True" Enabled="False" BackColor="WhiteSmoke" Width="280px"></asp:textbox>
<asp:textbox id="tbDateCourseCompleted" style="Z-INDEX: 103; LEFT: 406px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 221px"
runat="server" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="Blue" ReadOnly="True" Enabled="False" BackColor="WhiteSmoke" Width="280px"></asp:textbox>
<asp:textbox id="tbCertificateNumber" style="Z-INDEX: 104; LEFT: 406px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 245px"
runat="server" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="Blue" ReadOnly="True" Enabled="False" BackColor="WhiteSmoke" Width="280px"></asp:textbox>
<asp:textbox id="tbDateSent" style="Z-INDEX: 105; LEFT: 406px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 269px"
runat="server" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="Blue" ReadOnly="True" Enabled="False" BackColor="WhiteSmoke" Width="280px"></asp:textbox>
<asp:textbox id="EmailBox" style="Z-INDEX: 106; LEFT: 409px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 340px"
runat="server" Enabled="False" Width="297px"></asp:textbox>
<asp:Label id="Label1" style="Z-INDEX: 108; LEFT: 410px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 371px" runat="server"
Width="269px" CssClass="label1" Visible="False">Graphics file created.....</asp:Label>
<asp:Button id="but1" style="Z-INDEX: 112; LEFT: 410px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 450px" runat="server"
Width="229px" Visible="False" Text="Return to Email Form...." CausesValidation="False"></asp:Button>

</form>

</body>
</html>

I have tried about every meta tag combo I can think of. If anyone has suggestions I sure would be anxious to try them.

Many thanks,
stan

06-22-2009, 10:16 AM	#1 (permalink)
stanralph Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 1 OS: Vista Business	IE 8 displays HTML code instead of webpage I have ie 8 on a dell laptop vista bus. I have and aspx page on a password protected folder of my server (windows 2003) that asks for an id number, looks up the student in a database, retrieves his data and displays it and then asks you for an email address to send the certificate to. This page works fine. It then redirects to page 2 which has vb code that sets variables from the previous form and looks up a county name from a database. The code then creates a JPEG image from an existing graphics background and puts the textual data in the graphics image and saves to disk. The code then creates a mailer object, mailer = Server.CreateObject("SMTPsvg.Mailer"), and attaches the jpg image and sends the mail. THIS WORKS FINE. Next the jpg image is deleted and the asp:textboxes are updated to reflect the status and a continue button is made visible. The problem is that IE 8, while performing the code with out error then displays the HTML code and not the webpage. The HTML code follows: <%@ Page Language="vb" Aspcompat="True" AutoEventWireup="false" Codebehind="email1aNew.aspx.vb" Inherits="CertsDelivery.email1aNew" codePage="65001"%> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" > <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=7">(added to try no luck) <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 7.1"> <meta name="CODE_LANGUAGE" content="Visual Basic .NET 7.1"> <meta name=vs_defaultClientScript content="JavaScript"> <meta name=vs_targetSchema content="http://schemas.microsoft.com/intellisense/ie3-2nav3-0">(tried all settings) <title>email1aNew</title> </head> <body MS_POSITIONING="GridLayout"> <form id="Form1" runat="server"> <asp:textbox id="tb1" style="Z-INDEX: 107; LEFT: 408px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 114px" runat="server"></asp:textbox> <asp:label id="Label4" style="Z-INDEX: 111; LEFT: 419px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 416px" runat="server" Width="269px" CssClass="label1" Visible="False">Done, file deleted...</asp:label> <asp:label id="Label3" style="Z-INDEX: 110; LEFT: 417px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 394px" runat="server" Width="269px" CssClass="label1" Visible="False">File could not be mailed.......</asp:label> <asp:label id="Label2" style="Z-INDEX: 109; LEFT: 414px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 393px" runat="server" Width="269px" CssClass="label1" Visible="False">File successfully emailed......</asp:label> <asp:textbox id="tbsn" style="Z-INDEX: 101; LEFT: 406px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 173px" runat="server" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="Blue" ReadOnly="True" Enabled="False" BackColor="WhiteSmoke" Width="280px"></asp:textbox> <asp:textbox id="tbCity" style="Z-INDEX: 102; LEFT: 406px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 197px" runat="server" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="Blue" ReadOnly="True" Enabled="False" BackColor="WhiteSmoke" Width="280px"></asp:textbox> <asp:textbox id="tbDateCourseCompleted" style="Z-INDEX: 103; LEFT: 406px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 221px" runat="server" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="Blue" ReadOnly="True" Enabled="False" BackColor="WhiteSmoke" Width="280px"></asp:textbox> <asp:textbox id="tbCertificateNumber" style="Z-INDEX: 104; LEFT: 406px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 245px" runat="server" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="Blue" ReadOnly="True" Enabled="False" BackColor="WhiteSmoke" Width="280px"></asp:textbox> <asp:textbox id="tbDateSent" style="Z-INDEX: 105; LEFT: 406px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 269px" runat="server" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="Blue" ReadOnly="True" Enabled="False" BackColor="WhiteSmoke" Width="280px"></asp:textbox> <asp:textbox id="EmailBox" style="Z-INDEX: 106; LEFT: 409px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 340px" runat="server" Enabled="False" Width="297px"></asp:textbox> <asp:Label id="Label1" style="Z-INDEX: 108; LEFT: 410px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 371px" runat="server" Width="269px" CssClass="label1" Visible="False">Graphics file created.....</asp:Label> <asp:Button id="but1" style="Z-INDEX: 112; LEFT: 410px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 450px" runat="server" Width="229px" Visible="False" Text="Return to Email Form...." CausesValidation="False"></asp:Button> </form> </body> </html> I have tried about every meta tag combo I can think of. If anyone has suggestions I sure would be anxious to try them. Many thanks, stan