Autodesk on the case…

Autodesk plans to release a patch for two products that aim to remedy compatibility problems with Microsoft’s new Internet Explorer 7.

The “hotfix”, or patch targeting a specific issue, will be issued for Autodesk Design Review 2007 and Autodesk DWF Viewer 7.0 later this week, said a spokeswoman for Autodesk. The applications are for viewing and printing 2D and 3D designs in the Autodesk Design Web Format (DWF).

She said: “We have been working with Microsoft and had a service pack planned to release on 7 November. We didn’t think the IE 7 issue was that significant for our customers, and we thought the delay would be fine.”

Read more: silicon.com