Design By Tim

I encountered a limit on the number of STYLE tags that IE 7 will render, which appears to be 31.

This is an old issue, documented at Microsoft’s support site, but this article makes no notation that IE 7 is an affected product, even though it is. I thought that it would be good to document this should any other web developer run into it, although yes, technically the spec says there should only be one STYLE tag in the HEAD section of the document.

SYMPTOMS
All style tags after the first 30 style tags on an HTML page are not applied. Occasionally, you may also receive the following error message:

The page you are looking for might have been moved or had its name changed.

If you use a network monitor tool to capture network traffic, you may notice that a TCP reset occurs when Internet Explorer is receiving the page. Internet Explorer then generates another POST request if the original request was a POST request. Or, Internet Explorer may send a GET request instead.

This style tag limitation may also affect the viewing of .xml files by using .xsl files. When the .xsl file has style tags embedded inside the document, you receive the following error message when you try to view the .xml file:

Internet Explorer could not open the Internet Site: file://c:\aaa.xml

When you click OK, you receive the following error message:

The page cannot be displayed

This is now making me concerned what other issues there are with limits?

Today has been a revolutionary day for me. I love when simple things just work as advertised and revolutionize the job at hand saving time (so I can spend more time writing about how they saved me time). I am by no wise affiliated with these tools so I receive no kickback for the glowing review I’m giving them.

Tool #1: Xenu’s Link Sleuth

This tool checks Web sites for broken links. Link verification is done on “normal” links, images, frames, plug-ins, backgrounds, local image maps, style sheets, scripts and java applets. It displays a continously updated list of URLs which you can sort by different criteria. A report can be produced at any time.

• Simple, no-frills user-interface
• Can re-check broken links (useful for temporary network errors)
• Simple report format, can also be e-mailed
• Executable file smaller than 1MB
• Supports SSL websites (”https:// “)
• Partial testing of ftp and gopher sites
• Detects and reports redirected URLs
• Site Map

Tool # 2: Clickie

Clickie is a handy utility that will add 2 new features to the context menu (right click) of Windows Explorer:

• Copy Path Name: Copies the path of the selected folder or file to the clipboard (as text). You can then paste it wherever you need it. Some software need the name and path of a file and do not provide any way to browse. In such a case, Clickie becomes very useful and will save you a lot of time. NEW!! This feature now works when several files are selected.
• Open MS-DOS Prompt: Opens a DOS window in the selected directory. Using Clickie, you don’t need to crawl to the directory you want to work in.

Works on Windows 95, 98, Me, NT4, 2000, XP or later. Available in English, French, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German and Italian (setup will be in English or French).

Note: for those using Vista there is a similar feature already built in. A hidden context-sensitive menu or right click menu or shortcut menu that contains Copy as Path menu item or command. Copy as Path, which appears as menu item both for files and folder right click menu, as the name implied, will copy or grab the full path or shortcut to the file or the folder with just one button press and one click. Copy as Path is useful when user want to know the full path or actual location of a file or folder located deep inside a tree of directories or network file share, but want to avoid the hassle to traverse or navigate the path, or avoid having to manually copy and paste from address bar and type the file name.

To use Copy as Path, first user need to reveal the hidden context menu (right click menu) items. To display the hidden pop-up context menu items, simply holding down the Shift key, then right click on the file or folder. You will see the Copy as Path now appears as menu item available for selection. Once you click on Copy as Path, you can paste the full path to the file or folder in your destination application.  Right click context menu without and with hidden menu items (appear only when press Shift key while right clicking).