Unable to Refresh Modal or Modeless Dialog Boxes

ID: Q235304

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for UNIX on HPUX
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for UNIX on Sun Solaris
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for Windows 3.1
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for Windows 95
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for Windows 98
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for Windows NT 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you try to refresh a Web page that contains a modal or a modeless dialog box or boxes, the dialog box or boxes may not refresh. Also, this behavior may occur even if these dialog boxes previously refreshed properly in Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 2.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs because Internet Explorer does not support this functionality. This functionality was available in Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 2 because of a design error, and is not supported.

Additional query words:


Keywords          : kbui msiew95 msient msiew31 msieunix msiew98 
Version           : UNIX:5; WINDOWS:5
Platform          : UNIX WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: July 13, 1999