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Opening Google Maps gives Script error in Access web browser control (OSM no problem)

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PeDa

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Oct 10, 2002
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My Microsoft Access form contains a web browser control that is populated by:
Code:
If Forms!frmPhotos!radOSM Then
  Forms!frmPhotos!WebBrowser.Navigate "localhost/LocatorO.php?lat=" & Me!fLatitude & "&lon=" & Me!fLongitude
Else
  Forms!frmPhotos!WebBrowser.Navigate "localhost/LocatorG.php?lat=" & Me!fLatitude & "&lon=" & Me!fLongitude
End If
If radOSM is True then an OpenStreetMap is loaded, otherwise a Google map.

Both the OpenStreetMap and the Google map work fine if I load the URL directly into the browser:
Code:
localhost/LocatorG.php?lat=52.354473&lon=4.895552
localhost/LocatorO.php?lat=52.354473&lon=4.895552
The OSM version also works fine in my Access form, but the Google Maps version gives a script error at Line 0, character 0 and the URL of Google Maps API src:
Code:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no">
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Locator</title>
    <style>#map {height:350px;width:350px;}</style>
    <style type='text/css'>#map {height:300px;width:300px;}</style>
    [highlight #73D216]<script src='[URL unfurl="true"]https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=[/URL][MyKey]'></script>[/highlight]
    <script type='text/javascript' src='misc/StyledMarker.js'></script>
    <script src='[URL unfurl="true"]https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js'></script>[/URL]
  </head>
  <body id=body onload='initMap()'>
    <div id="map"></div>
    <script>
      var myLatLng = {lat: 52.354473, lng: 4.895552};
      function initMap() {
        var mapCanvas = document.getElementById('map');
        var mapOptions = {center:myLatLng,zoom:18,mapTypeId:google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP,streetViewControl:false,mapTypeControl:false,scaleControl:false,zoomControl:false,fullscreenControl:false};
        var map = new google.maps.Map(mapCanvas,mapOptions);
        var marker = new StyledMarker({styleIcon:new StyledIcon(StyledIconTypes.MARKER,{color:'00ff00',text:'*'}),position:myLatLng,map:map});
        myLatLng = new google.maps.LatLng(52.354355,4.895760);
        marker = new StyledMarker({styleIcon:new StyledIcon(StyledIconTypes.MARKER,{color:'ff0000'}),position:myLatLng,map:map});
        myLatLng = new google.maps.LatLng(52.354355,4.895760);
        marker = new StyledMarker({styleIcon:new StyledIcon(StyledIconTypes.MARKER,{color:'ff0000'}),position:myLatLng,map:map});
        ........(more markers added from php)
      } 
    </script>
  </body>
</html>
 
I have now found the answer to my question over on StackOverflow. The basic problem is that, by default, Microsoft Access uses Internet Explorer 7 in de browser control, and Google Maps no longer supports that version. Access must be forced to use IE 11; that can be done by adding a couple of references to the Windows 10 Registry, for example via a batch file containing:
Code:
reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION" /v MSACCESS.EXE /t REG_DWORD /d 11000
reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_DOCUMENT_COMPATIBLE_MODE" /v MSACCESS.EXE /t REG_DWORD /d 11000
 
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