re: Infinite pagination of pages when printing tables using IE7

Chuck van der Linden — Wed, 06 May 2009 21:32:54 GMT

Ok guys this is really really really @#$%^ frustrating. went to go get the hotfix you mention above. did this from a server2003 system were I reproduced the error. The hotfix specifically lists two 'things in the 'applies to' section, which is IE7 and IE7 on XP.. well I've got IE7 on Svr2k3, which is pretty close to xp in the UI-shell level so I try to go get the hotfix.

I am given ONE single choice for the platform for the hotfix which is Windows VISTA (not what I'm using).. but hey I need to test the fix and see if it solves the issue.. so I submit my info and have them mail it to me.. The resulting file is a .MSU file.. which I could use on server 2008 or vista by running the WUSA program (windows update stand alone installer).. BUT hey folks, the platforms affected by this issue (XP, or in my case server2003) don't have WUSA anywhere on the box..

so ah hey how in the world am I supposed to make use of this hotfix file I got sent?

this is the type of crap that makes people hate MS.. jump through a bunch of hoops to get something that is supposed to fix a problem only to have the fix locked into a virtual box for which you don't have a key..

effing brilliant.. you couldn't do more to push people away from MS if you tried.

The company I work for has been an MS gold level partner for well over 5 years.. and you know what we're going to have to tell people affected by this bug to do in order to fix it? we're going to have to tell them to use firefox.. because even if this hotfix DID solve their problem there's no way for them to get it from you and install it.

just effing brilliant.. great work folks.

re: Infinite pagination of pages when printing tables using IE7

Chuck van der Linden — Wed, 06 May 2009 21:03:21 GMT

I'm investigating an issue that we're having with our product, similar problem (cpu on the ie process goes to 100%, and never stops when printing some pages)

one thing I noticed on the testbed when working this is that there are currently no fewer than 2 copies of the mshtml.dll file on the system. a majority are in update directories and such, but one thing that concerns me is a really old (version 6!!) version of the dll in the actual IE7 (c\windows\ie7) directory itself.

Could IE7 potentially be using this old version of the dll, instead of the newer one that is located in the system32 directory?

for what it's worth we've reproduced the problem on a variety of platforms including XP and Server 2003.. and changing the print margins (from the defaults of ..75 to .5) before printing appears to correct the issue.