IE8 doesn't show open/save dialog when opening PDF

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I have written Java application that, when user click on the button, it

opens new location in the same window in which it shows new HTML page

and opens new popup window using window.open() JavaScript code. In the

popup window Java outputs PDF using following headers:



ContentType - application/pdf

ContentLength - 1000

Content-Disposition - attachment; filename=My.pdf



With above settings IE8 doesn't show open/save dialog for my PDF. Above

code works fine with IE6, IE7 and Firefox. If I change "attachment" to

"inline", then IE8 shows PDF in the popup window, but this is not what I

want. Tested on two PCs and with Acrobat Reader and Foxit PDF clients.
 
Milan wrote:

>

> I have written Java application that, when user click on the button, it

> opens new location in the same window in which it shows new HTML page

> and opens new popup window using window.open() JavaScript code. In the

> popup window Java outputs PDF using following headers:

>

> ContentType - application/pdf

> ContentLength - 1000

> Content-Disposition - attachment; filename=My.pdf

>

> With above settings IE8 doesn't show open/save dialog for my PDF. Above

> code works fine with IE6, IE7 and Firefox. If I change "attachment" to

> "inline", then IE8 shows PDF in the popup window, but this is not what I

> want. Tested on two PCs and with Acrobat Reader and Foxit PDF clients.



I tested this on IE8 and it works fine.

(without the fake contentLength)



So it probably is some setting that you changed.
 
Rob, very kind from you but...



>

> I tested this on IE8 and it works fine.

> (without the fake contentLength)



it doesn't work... I'll try to attach here sample tomcat/java project in

my next post.
 
Milan wrote:

>

> Rob, very kind from you but...

>

>>

>> I tested this on IE8 and it works fine.

>> (without the fake contentLength)

>

> it doesn't work... I'll try to attach here sample tomcat/java project in

> my next post.



I have a php script on my website that, for each .pdf file, allows the user

the choice to just open it or to offer it for download. In that case

these headers are added:



header('Content-Type: application/pdf');

header('Content-disposition: attachment; filename="'.$file.'"');

header('Last-Modified: '.gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s',filemtime($file)).' GMT');



It works fine. Also with IE8. I get a popup that allows me to open,

save, or cancel.

When using the other option, I omit the Content-disposition header and

it opens in the Adobe Reader plugin without asking questions.



No problem in IE8 apparently. Maybe a problem in your site or in your

settings of IE8.
 
See replies to your identical post in IE forum.

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/InternetExplorer/threads



Milan wrote:

> I have written Java application that, when user click on the button, it

> opens new location in the same window in which it shows new HTML page

> and opens new popup window using window.open() JavaScript code. In the

> popup window Java outputs PDF using following headers:

>

> ContentType - application/pdf

> ContentLength - 1000

> Content-Disposition - attachment; filename=My.pdf

>

> With above settings IE8 doesn't show open/save dialog for my PDF. Above

> code works fine with IE6, IE7 and Firefox. If I change "attachment" to

> "inline", then IE8 shows PDF in the popup window, but this is not what I

> want. Tested on two PCs and with Acrobat Reader and Foxit PDF clients.
 
Developer-specific resources include:



MSDN IE Development Forum (post such questions here instead)

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/iewebdevelopment/threads



Tip: When posting in Developer forums, always include a link to your web

site or test pages in your first post.



IE Developer Center

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/default.aspx



Learn IE8

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/aa740473.aspx



HTML and DHTML Overviews and Tutorials

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537623.aspx and



Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/aa740476.aspx



Expression Web SuperPreview for Internet Explorer (free, stand-alone visual

debugging tool for IE6, IE7, and IE8)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...FamilyID=8e6ac106-525d-45d0-84db-dccff3fae677



Expression Web SuperPreview Release Notes

http://www.microsoft.com/expression/products/Web_SuperPreviewReleaseNotes.aspx



Validators:

http://validator.w3.org/

http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/





Milan wrote:

> On 23.3.2010 23:32, PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:

>> See replies to your identical post in IE forum.

>> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/InternetExplorer/threads

>

> This is my MS Connect link:

>

> https://connect.microsoft.com/IE/feedback/details/543929/ie8-doesnt-show-pdf
 
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