308130 - Document need for gdiplus.dll on older versions of windows

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core :: SVG, defect)

Description

[PikeUK]

Not sure where to file this.

Bug 294519 removed the gdi+ dialog that tells users how to get SVG working on
older Windows. It would be good if there was some way (other than confused
questions at MozillaZine) for users to find out how to get SVG rendering working
in older versions of Windows, either by restoring the information dialog, adding
something to the Help file, adding a release note, etc.

Sorry if this is a dupe, it's hard to know what to search for.

Comment 1

[Hermann Schwab]

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/svg/gdiplus/
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/svg/build.html

Bug 190335 Include gdiplus.dll in SVG / GDI+ builds

Comment 2

[PikeUK]

(In reply to comment #1)
> http://www.mozilla.org/projects/svg/gdiplus/
> http://www.mozilla.org/projects/svg/build.html

To clarify, this bug was aimed towards notifying Firefox 1.5 users rather than
documenting it in general, I filed it under SVG since I wasn't sure if adding
the dialog back was an option or not.

Comment 3

[PikeUK]

gdiplus.dll is no longer required, closing as INVALID.

Comment 4

[Hermann Schwab]

Without GDIplus.dll SVG doesn't work in 
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20051012 Firefox/1.6a1

http://www.croczilla.com/svg/samples

So why is this bug closed? 
What do I have to change to get it going? 
Reopen this bug and reactivate GDIplus.dll, as this is working?

WinXP and newer are coming with GDIplus.dll, 
Win2k and older you've got to download and install it yourself for programs
needing it.

Comment 5

[Frank Wein [:mcsmurf]]

Yeah why is this invalid? gdiplus.dll is still required, they are working on
using the Cairo renderer but that are future plans.

Comment 6

[PikeUK]

(In reply to comment #4)
> So why is this bug closed? 

Because Firefox 1.5/Seamonkey 1.0 users (this bug is filed against the 1.8
branch) no longer need to install gdiplus.dll therefore no longer need
documentation.

Even if cairo is not the default Windows SVG renderer on trunk then there is
still plenty of documentation appropriate to trunk testers, you yourself linked
to it in comment #1.

(In reply to comment #5)
> Yeah why is this invalid? gdiplus.dll is still required

It is not required on the 1.8 branch that this bug is filed against.

Comment 7

[Hermann Schwab]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.8b5) Gecko/20051016 Firefox/1.4.1
is showing SVG without use of GDIplus.dll

http://www.croczilla.com/svg/samples/arcs1/arcs1.svg
http://www.croczilla.com/~alex/old-site/polygons3.xml

Current trunk doesn't show SVG without use of GDIplus.dll
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20051016 Firefox/1.6a1

Normally, risks trying new software should be taken in the trunk.

I recommend documenting the need for gdiplus.dll as long as it is needed, and a
lot of people are still using Win2k, which needs it.

Comment 8

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

I don't think it's worth wasting time on this for trunk; we should be spending it on switching to cairo for trunk instead.

Comment 9

[Hermann Schwab]

(In reply to comment #8)
> I don't think it's worth wasting time on this for trunk; we should be spending
> it on switching to cairo for trunk instead.

GDIplus.dll isn't needed anymore on the trunk, seamonkey trunk is showing the URLs mentioned in comment #7 without GDIplus.dll installed.

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20051228 SeaMonkey/1.5a