Article ID: 286689
Article Last Modified on 1/29/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 1
This article was previously published under Q286689
SYMPTOMS
Internet Explorer may generate the following error message:
This error message occurs if the following sample HTML code is used:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML>
<BODY onload="document.all.myform.myselect.value = '-1'">
<FORM id=myform>
Note: This only causes a problem with the latest Internet Explorer
5.5 SP1 patch.
Open and then close the list box (without selecting an option)
to ensure that it has the input focus. Then type the letter "D"
(not in the list) and you should see the error...
<SELECT name=myselect>
<OPTION value=1>A</OPTION>
<OPTION value=2>B</OPTION>
<OPTION value=3>C</OPTION>
<OPTION value=4>E</OPTION>
</SELECT>
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Internet Explorer version 5.5. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
267954 How to Obtain the Latest Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack
The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
Date Time Version Size File name Platform
-------------------------------------------------------------------
01/31/2001 01:31p 5.50.4613.3100 2,643,728 Mshtml.dll Intel
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Internet Explorer version 5.5 Service Pack 2.
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