BUG: IE 3.02 Does Not Use Cache for Frames Navigated with Scripts

ID: Q198816

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

Internet Explorer 3.02 does not use the Temporary Internet Files cache when using a script to load a Web page into a frame. This problem produces significant delays on the application that must work over slow links, such as a wide-area network (WAN). You may observe that the expiration time for one of these pages in the Temporaty Internet Files folder is set to one hour prior to the current time, even if it was retrieved from the server moments ago.


CAUSE

Internet Explorer 3.02 does not read from the cache when using the window.navigate method or the location.href property.


RESOLUTION

A supported fix that corrects this problem is now available from Microsoft, but it has not been fully regression tested and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem. If you are not severely affected by this specific problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next Internet Explorer service pack that contains this fix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information on support costs, please go to the following address on the World Wide Web:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/supportnet/default.asp
The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date      Time    Version      Size     File name   Platform
   ------------------------------------------------------------

   09/16/98  11:57a  4.70.0.1461  860,432  Mshtml.dll  (x86)
   09/16/98  11:57a  4.70.0.1337  854,288  Mshtml.dll  (x86)

NOTE: If this product was already installed on your computer when you purchased it from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and you need this fix, please call the Pay Per Incident number listed on the above Web site. If you contact Microsoft to obtain this fix, and if it is determined that you only require the fix you requested, no fee will be charged. However, if you request additional technical support, and if your no-charge technical support period has expired, or if you are not eligible for standard no-charge technical support, you may be charged a non-refundable fee.

For more information about eligibility for no-charge technical support, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q154871 Determining If You Are Eligible for No-Charge Technical Support


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in Internet Explorer version 4.0 for Windows.


REFERENCES

Microsoft ActiveX Software Development Kit

Microsoft Internet Client Development Kit

For more information, please see the MSDN Web Workshop:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/default.asp

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Keywords          : kbIE400fix kbInternet kbWinInet kbIE302bug kbInetDev 
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Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: May 3, 1999