In spite of all that is written, you can use VML in IE8 even in standard mode: do not use the asterisk as a wildcard but as universal selector, using a relative position if the image is cropped, width and height allowed percentage unit if the  containing block have explicitly defined these values (even "auto").

Because of the way IETester obtains the computed values from the stylesheet, the measurement units are maintained in percentage and VML is not drawn.

Example: http://sample.revulo.com/VML/ie8-bug-in … -size.html
Result: VML not render in IETester (IE8)
Expect: VML must be render as in IE8 (standar compliant), with some crop.

Last edited by Araneda (2010-02-09 16:33:56)