Thanks, Ken.
We suspected incomplete html, but a thorough check and small test page
proved otherwise - certainly incomplete html may cause this problem. We
will check the bytestream thing as well, but in the meantime:-
We have also found that bypassing our proxy server for the Intranet URL
(Apache on the HP3000) seems to cure this problem.
On MS IE 3.01, it can be done by View/Options/Settings/ then check the
box do not use proxy server for local addresses, and enter the address
in the box.
Regards
Neil
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Monday, February 24, 1997 9:49 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: APACHE and html source
>
> A few days ago, Neil Harvey wrote...
> > We are using the Apache server on the HP3000 to publish reports that
> > were previously printed and distributed.
> >
> > A strange thing happens with Internet Explorer 3.01 the first time
> we
> view a published report - the world (Top right corner) never stops
> > turning, and the page keeps loading, although the complete page is
> > shown.
>
> I had a similar problem, but with the latest version of Netscape
> instead.
> It turned out to be an Apache thing, on the MPE side.
>
> All of my html documents are in the posix name space.
>
> There are two things that caused the Netscape comets/stars to keep on
> crashing through the sky:
>
> 1. The html source file must be of type bytestream.
> 2. Jpg or Gif files that were not uploaded to the 3000 as bytestream
> files. Binary alone doesn't work!
> 3. Incomplete HTML source, or errors in the the HTML document.
> This inlcudes not closing lists, no </body> tag, etc.
>
> For example, if part of your html document looked like,
> <ul>
> <li>This is a bullet
> </body></html>
>
> Then the comets would still be flying, and Netscape would erringly
> report something like "46% of 3k" even when you can see that the
> whole thing is there.
>
> \KenR
> Ken Robertson
> [log in to unmask]
> Manager MIS
> Robelle Consulting Ltd.
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> Enjoy entropy while it lasts!
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