Text May Be Unreadable When Viewing Web Page HTML Source
Article ID: 182970
Article Last Modified on 5/29/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 for UNIX
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
This article was previously published under Q182970
SYMPTOMS
Internet Explorer can run auxiliary (or external) programs such as
Microsoft Outlook Express to perform functions such as viewing source
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) code, reading e-mail, or reading news
messages.
Other programs may also be run when you download a file whose type is
defined. These programs can change the default color map. When this
occurs, clicking Source on the View menu to view source HTML code may
cause unreadable text to be displayed. In some cases, the text may be
unreadable because it is displayed using the same color as the background.
CAUSE
This is not specifically an Internet Explorer problem, but is a
consequence of the way X11 displays are managed. Internet Explorer 4.01
for UNIX by itself does not cause the problem because it uses a private
color map.
RESOLUTION
To work around this problem, configure external programs using the X11
configuration mechanism to use only the existing desktop colors. Black and
white should always work, as well as the Common Desktop Environment (CDE)
desktop colors (if you are using CDE).
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