SolidWorks:Heard! - Episode 324 - SolidWorks & IE9
/SolidWorks & IE9:
This podcast covers the current status of the SolidWorks product line and the newly launched Microsoft Internet Explorer 9. With IE being so tightly integrated in the Windows operating system, it is not surprising when certain aspects of other products stop working as intended! Topics covered:
- SolidWorks' statement on SolidWorks & IE9 in the Forums
SolidWorks & IE9 in the Knowledge base:
- Interaction issues with IE9 and 3D Content Central (workarounds)
- SolidWorks Search script errors after IE9 Installed
- SolidWorks customer portal issues with downlods (workarounds)
PDM & PDF issues:
- WPDM & EPDM PDF viewing problems
- EPDM Web Client and IE9 needing compatibility mode
This past week Microsoft released their 9th build of Internet Explorer and since IE has always been tightly integrated with Windows, it was not surprising that some technologies ran into compatibility issue after installation.
Unfortunately, many of these issues are just annoyances but have surfaced right after SolidWorks releases service pack 3 for SolidWorks 2011. This means that some of the problems that SolidWorks is facing, although minor, will probably not be addressed till SP4. Most of the issues that are correctable by SolidWorks themselves and currently have a workaround article posted in the knowledge base in the customer portal. There are, however, a few related to the PDF previewing in Workgroup PDM and in the 64bit version of Enterprise PDM that are due to compatibility with IE9 and Adobe (and Foxit for those running 64bit EPDM).
IE9 is argueably the best browser that Microsoft has shipped, finally competiing on the front of web standards and speed along side the heavy competition of Mozilla's Firefox and Google's Chrome. Unfortunately due to IE's tight integration into Windows, many product are forced to rely on IE for certain aspects of their own offering and an upgrade of this magnitude is bound to cause an error or two! ~Lou
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