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    IE stripping out my form controls on first load

    Can anyone tell me what is causing Internet Explorer 10 to remove all the tags inside the form + closing form tag on load, but include them on subsequent refreshes? This is driving me batty.

    UPDATE: It's possible the WAS is stripping this stuff out, too. The response from the server on GET doesn't include my form bits.

    Code:
    <!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
	<head>
	</head>

	<body>
		<div id="wrapper">
			<div id="content">
					<h2>Pay Invoice</h2>
		
					<p>To pay an invoice, fill out the requested information and click on the button 
					below.  You will be taken to a secure PayPal form to complete your payment.  You
					do not have to have a Paypal account.</p>
					<p>A reminder - please do not email credit card information.</p>
					<p>Thank you.</p>
				
					<form name="payme" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
						<table>
							<tr><td>Invoice Number:</td><td><input size="20" type="text" name="os0" /></td></tr>
							<tr><td>Amount to Pay:</td><td><input size="20" type="text" name="amount" /></td></tr>
						</table>
						
 						<input type="hidden" name="on0" value="Invoice Number" />
						<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick" />
						<input type="hidden" name="business" value="omitted" />
						<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="An outstanding invoice" />
						<input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="Services" />
					
						<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD" />
					
						<input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="1" />
						<input type="hidden" name="return" value="pay_invoice_thanks.a5w" />
						<input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1" />
						<input type="hidden" name="tax" value="0" />
						<input type="hidden" name="lc" value="US" />
						<input type="image" src="images/pay_now_paypal.png" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!" />
					</form>
		
				</div>
	
				<div class="clearfix"></div>
			</div>
		</div>
	</body>
</html>
    Last edited by TheSmitchell; 06-18-2014, 01:48 PM.
    Alpha Anywhere latest pre-release
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    #2
    Re: IE stripping out my form controls on first load

    Is it IE8 or earlier? I came across this suggestion from stackoverflow:

    "I ran into the exact same problem today and managed to fix it by inserting an empty <pre></pre> right before the <form>, which somehow stops IE8 (haven't tested in other versions) from removing the <form>."

    "If I write some text, or $nbsp; on a line above the form tag, the form will render".
    Alpha Anywhere v12.4.6.5.2 Build 8867-5691 IIS v10.0 on Windows Server 2019 Std in Hyper-V

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      #3
      Re: IE stripping out my form controls on first load

      IE 10.
      Alpha Anywhere latest pre-release

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        #4
        Re: IE stripping out my form controls on first load

        I just opened it in IE11 and I think it works fine here...

        Test.jpg
        Alpha Anywhere v12.4.6.5.2 Build 8867-5691 IIS v10.0 on Windows Server 2019 Std in Hyper-V

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          #5
          Re: IE stripping out my form controls on first load

          New Project + Security On + code above = no form/missing form in IE 10. See Attached Project.
          Attached Files
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            #6
            Re: IE stripping out my form controls on first load

            Originally posted by iRadiate View Post
            I just opened it in IE11 and I think it works fine here...

            [ATTACH=CONFIG]38356[/ATTACH]
            Well, that's great for IE 11 users. But my clients use IE 10, so yeah.
            Alpha Anywhere latest pre-release

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              #7
              Re: IE stripping out my form controls on first load

              If it's any consolation I'm seeing the same thing using your example in IE9 and also in Chrome. Firefox is OK.
              Jim Coltz
              Alpha Custom Database Solutions, LLC
              A5CustomSolutions.com
              [email protected]

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                #8
                Re: IE stripping out my form controls on first load

                Originally posted by Jim Coltz View Post
                If it's any consolation I'm seeing the same thing using your example in IE9 and also in Chrome. Firefox is OK.
                No. No, it isn't. Just more frustrating than it was before.

                I've discovered that Alpha is injecting an invisible field with the name 'A5WSessionId' into the form --- or is trying to do so. I added a second form tag and LOOKIE LOOKIE:

                sessionid.png

                What. The. Kitten.

                If I use an iframe to load the content, it will load --- but then the submit to paypal part doesn't work at all or only kinda works. WHY IS THIS SO DIFFICULT!

                Update 1: Upon further inspection, I've found this only happens on the first visit to the server --- as in, this is your landing page to the web application server. If you visit any other page first, it loads.
                Last edited by TheSmitchell; 06-19-2014, 09:30 AM.
                Alpha Anywhere latest pre-release

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                  #9
                  Re: IE stripping out my form controls on first load

                  AH! I got a fix! Adding this code to the head section fixes the problem!

                  Code:
                  <%a5
if Session.IsNewSession
    Response.Redirect(Request.ScriptName)
end if
%>
                  Extra thanks are in order to Selwyn and the Alpha team for helping me out.

                  Now I can get back to breaking other stuff.
                  ---
                  Sarah
                  Alpha Anywhere latest pre-release

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                    #10
                    Re: IE stripping out my form controls on first load

                    I've had this happen to me also.
                    What I did was navigate to the page and view the source code.
                    I had an OMG moment when I saw that my links were local to my hard drive.
                    Turns out my html editor at the time (Frontpage) was trying to be overly helpful.

                    The moral of the story is: If the output doesn't match your input, then look at what the browser sees.
                    Last edited by mvaughn; 07-01-2014, 02:32 AM.
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                      Re: IE stripping out my form controls on first load

                      Originally posted by mvaughn View Post
                      I've had this happen to me also.
                      What I did was navigate to the page and view the source code.
                      I had an OMG moment when I saw that my links were local to my hard drive.
                      Turns out my html editor at the time (Frontpage) was trying to be overly helpful.

                      The moral of the story is: If the output doesn't match your input, then look at what the browser sees.
                      Ha ha ha! Yes. You have no idea how many hours I combed through the HTML on both ends. I even ran everything through a validator (thinking that maybe someone screwed up somewhere) and stripped it down to just an .a5w page with an empty <form> tag, but it was still coming back messed up! I've since resolved the problem. Alpha was responsive and very prompt with the assist. They fixed the issue in 12 and gave me a solution in v11! Happy happy.
                      Alpha Anywhere latest pre-release

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                        Re: IE stripping out my form controls on first load

                        The problem seems to be in forms action tag. If you leave that away and insert onsubmit event instead:

                        Code:
                        <form id="payme" name="payme"  method="post" onsubmit="mySubmit()">
                        and then add to the bottom of page just before body end tag:

                        Code:
                        <script type="text/javascript">
function mySubmit(){
document.getElementById('payme').action='https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr';
};
</script>
                        This way you avoid double page load solution.

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                          #13
                          Re: IE stripping out my form controls on first load

                          Originally posted by kkfin View Post
                          The problem seems to be in forms action tag. If you leave that away and insert onsubmit event instead:

                          Code:
                          <form id="payme" name="payme"  method="post" onsubmit="mySubmit()">
                          and then add to the bottom of page just before body end tag:

                          Code:
                          <script type="text/javascript">
function mySubmit(){
document.getElementById('payme').action='https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr';
};
</script>
                          This way you avoid double page load solution.
                          Nope. That won't work. The problem was that if the first visit to the server was an .a5w page with a <form> tag on it, the application server was returning mangled HTML. If you visited any other page on the server before visiting the form, it loaded fine. The form tag can be empty - no properties. Has nothing to do with the script.
                          Alpha Anywhere latest pre-release

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                            #14
                            Re: IE stripping out my form controls on first load

                            Originally posted by TheSmitchell View Post
                            Nope. That won't work
                            I can also confirm all your original problems.

                            I suppouse you did test my example. To me it did work.

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                              #15
                              Re: IE stripping out my form controls on first load

                              Originally posted by kkfin View Post
                              I can also confirm all your original problems.

                              I suppouse you did test my example. To me it did work.
                              I still get mangled HTML on my end.
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