malk
09-13-2004, 12:45 AM
Below is some simple code to display some text and list boxes in a form:
<html>
<head>
<title>Search Projects</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>
<body>
<p><font size="4" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Search Projects</b></font></p>
<form name="f1" method="post" action="/searchprojects.asp">
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5">
<tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<td><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Company</font></td>
<td>
<select name="company" onchange="clickcomp(this);">
<option value="0">All</option>
<option value=6>Curtain Walling</option><option value=7>Milbank Danilith</option><option value=1>Milbank Floors</option><option value=2>Milbank Roofs</option><option value=3>Scandinavian Doors</option><option value=4>Scandinavian Stairs</option><option value=5>Swedish Windows</option><option value=8>test</option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<td width="200"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Project
Type:</font></td>
<td >
<select name="projecttype">
<option value="0" selected>All</option>
<option value="1">Commercial</option>
<option value="2">Residential</option>
<option value="3">Industrial</option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<td><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Project Name: </font></td>
<td>
<input type="text" name="projectname">
</td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<td><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Project Number: </font></td>
<td>
<input type="text" name="projectnnumber">
</td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<td><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">From: </font></td>
<td>
<select name="projectmonth_st">
<option value="0" selected>Any month</option>
<option value="1">Jan</option>
<option value="2">Feb</option>
<option value="3">Mar</option>
<option value="4">Apr</option>
<option value="5">May</option>
<option value="6">Jun</option>
<option value="7">Jul</option>
<option value="8">Aug</option>
<option value="9">Sept</option>
<option value="10">Oct</option>
<option value="11">Nov</option>
<option value="12">Dec</option>
</select>
<select name="projectyear_st">
<option value="1999" selected>1999</option>
<option value="2000">2000</option>
<option value="2001">2001</option>
<option value="2001">2002</option>
<option value="2003">2003</option>
<option value="2004">2004</option>
</select>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>
My problem is that when previewed in IE, the background of some of the form objects turns yellow!, even though there is no reference to any such color in the code.
This is baffling me.
Does anyone have any ideas why this is happening?
Thanks
Malk
<html>
<head>
<title>Search Projects</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>
<body>
<p><font size="4" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Search Projects</b></font></p>
<form name="f1" method="post" action="/searchprojects.asp">
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5">
<tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<td><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Company</font></td>
<td>
<select name="company" onchange="clickcomp(this);">
<option value="0">All</option>
<option value=6>Curtain Walling</option><option value=7>Milbank Danilith</option><option value=1>Milbank Floors</option><option value=2>Milbank Roofs</option><option value=3>Scandinavian Doors</option><option value=4>Scandinavian Stairs</option><option value=5>Swedish Windows</option><option value=8>test</option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<td width="200"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Project
Type:</font></td>
<td >
<select name="projecttype">
<option value="0" selected>All</option>
<option value="1">Commercial</option>
<option value="2">Residential</option>
<option value="3">Industrial</option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<td><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Project Name: </font></td>
<td>
<input type="text" name="projectname">
</td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<td><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Project Number: </font></td>
<td>
<input type="text" name="projectnnumber">
</td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<td><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">From: </font></td>
<td>
<select name="projectmonth_st">
<option value="0" selected>Any month</option>
<option value="1">Jan</option>
<option value="2">Feb</option>
<option value="3">Mar</option>
<option value="4">Apr</option>
<option value="5">May</option>
<option value="6">Jun</option>
<option value="7">Jul</option>
<option value="8">Aug</option>
<option value="9">Sept</option>
<option value="10">Oct</option>
<option value="11">Nov</option>
<option value="12">Dec</option>
</select>
<select name="projectyear_st">
<option value="1999" selected>1999</option>
<option value="2000">2000</option>
<option value="2001">2001</option>
<option value="2001">2002</option>
<option value="2003">2003</option>
<option value="2004">2004</option>
</select>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>
My problem is that when previewed in IE, the background of some of the form objects turns yellow!, even though there is no reference to any such color in the code.
This is baffling me.
Does anyone have any ideas why this is happening?
Thanks
Malk