PRB: IE4 Not Displaying Background Images

 Last reviewed: December 11, 1997
Article ID: Q175191
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0 for Windows NT 4.0
  • Microsoft Visual InterDev, version 1.0
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0 for Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

Pages created with Visual InterDev's DataForm Wizard do not display background images in Internet Explorer 4.0.

CAUSE

The underlying cause of this behavior is that Internet Explorer 4.0 adheres much closer to the HTML 3.2 spec than before. Per the Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) spec, CSS tags take precedence over HTML tags. Pages created using the Data Form Wizard have a reference to a cascading style sheet. The CSS has a tag for the background image of Transparent, thus overriding any value in the body tag of the ASP file.

RESOLUTION

Delete the "background: transparent;" line from the BODY property of the Cascading Style Sheet.

STATUS

Per the CSS spec, this behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Create the following HTML file, making sure to reference a valid image in the background tag: 

         <STYLE>

             BODY {
              font: 10pt "Arial";
           margin-left: 0px;
           text-align: left;
           color: Black;
                     background: transparent;
           }
      </STYLE>
      <HTML>
      <BODY BACKGROUND="images/image.jpg">
      </BODY>
      </HTML>


  2. View the page. You should not see a background image.


  3. Delete the "background: transparent;" property.


  4. View the page. You should now see the background image.

    

REFERENCES

 


http://premium.microsoft.com/support/ie/iewin32/css/default.asp


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Additional query words: background

Keywords          : VIMisc VIWizards

Technology        : kbInetDev

Version           : WINDOWS:1.0,4.0

Platform          : WINDOWS

Issue type        : kbprb








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	Last reviewed:  December 11, 1997
	

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