IE8 Portal 10.1.2.0.2 buildUIembed.html Object Expected error

Question

After upgrade IE to IE8, Web admins are unable to switch to WYIWYG mode,
Issues with IE8:
Webpage error details
Status Bar shows following error:
Message: Object expected
Line: 820
Char: 5
Code: 0
URI: http://hostname:7777/images/buildUIembed.html
After talking to Oracle support, they said IE8 is not supported with Portal 10.1.2.0.2 version so only option is to upgrade to 10.1.4.x version.
This issue can be fixed by simple replacing some lines in buildUIembed.html
$ORACLE_HOME/portal/images/buildUIembed.html
Make a copy of buildUIembed.html.
Replace these lines (Line# 819 and 1292 ) :
** Please note, you will find same block of code at two places ( around line # 819 and 1292 )
Replace this BLOCK of code
if (element.UserOnClickToolbar) {
eval(element.UserOnClickToolbar + "anonymous()");
WITH following
if (element.UserOnClickToolbar) {
// eval(element.UserOnClickToolbar + "anonymous()");
var str = element.UserOnClickToolbar.toString();
var pos = str.indexOf("anonymous");
if (pos >= 0)
eval(element.UserOnClickToolbar + "anonymous()");
else
eval(element.UserOnClickToolbar +"onclick()");
After change:
1. Bounce portal
2. cleanup modplsql cache ( $ORACLE_HOME/Apache/modplsql/cache), delete all files & dir from cache.
3. clear IE8 browser cache (Tools->Delete Browser History) and also try Tools->Developer Tools->Cache->Clear Browser Cache), exit from Browser & start it again to test.
Edited by: sanjaygupta on Jun 9, 2010 5:03 PM

Answer 1

Will this workaround, or something similar, work in Portal 9.0.4.0.99?
We are planning to implement IE8 throughout the enterprise and ran into a similar error in the RTE. We are making plans to upgrade/re-engineer our Portal, but that will be a project that won't be finished until after the IE8 implementation, so we are looking for short-term solutions that will still enable our content contributors the ability to use an RTE within Portal 9.0.4.0.99.
Thanks,
Jeff