It seems like a silly question, but I'm stumped.

I'm using an if IE conditional statement to fix some issues in IE6.

In the head, I have

<!--[if lt IE 7] > <script type="text/javascript" src="js/ie6.js"></script> < ![endif]-->

And in the ie6.js file, I have a simple alert, which works when I take it out of the conditional ment. But in IE, the alert does not show. I am testing on IE 6.0.2900 on Windows XP in Parallels Desktop.

It seems like a silly question, but I'm stumped.

I'm using an if IE conditional statement to fix some issues in IE6.

In the head, I have

<!--[if lt IE 7] > <script type="text/javascript" src="js/ie6.js"></script> < ![endif]-->

And in the ie6.js file, I have a simple alert, which works when I take it out of the conditional ment. But in IE, the alert does not show. I am testing on IE 6.0.2900 on Windows XP in Parallels Desktop.

• javascript
• internet-explorer
• internet-explorer-6
• cross-browser
• conditional-ments

Share Improve this question Follow edited Aug 26, 2010 at 14:23 Gian 14k4949 silver badges5454 bronze badges asked Aug 26, 2010 at 14:19 Mike EngMike Eng 1,69155 gold badges3636 silver badges5656 bronze badges 1

• Have you tried displaying the browser information in javascript to make sure it is IE6? Wonder if the VM is choosing a different version of installed IE. – Jay Commented Aug 26, 2010 at 14:28

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Sorted by: Reset to default 7

Try it without spaces in the tags:

<!--[if lt IE 7]>
According to the conditional ment this is Internet Explorer lower than 7
<![endif]-->