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IE (HTTPS): generating pdf from php file doesn't work

Here is my issue. I am trying to call a page: foo.php?docID=bar and return a PDF to the screen which is stored as a BLOB in the DB. Here is the portion of my code which actually returns the PDF: $docID = isset($_REQUEST['docID']) ? $_REQUEST['docID'] : null; if ($docID == null){ die("Document ID was not given."); } $results = ge...

files served with content-disposition: inline still sometimes prompt for download

My subject line says most of what I'm asking. I've got a web site that outputs reports in various formats (HTML, CSV, TSV, Excel, etc). Whenever possible, I'd like these files to be shown in the browser. To that end, I've set up my headers so that "Content-Disposition" is "inline". This works very inconsistently with different file t...

Writing out a zip file doesn't work in IE7

I have inherited an old application that stores a zip file in a database and needs to retrieve this file. In Firefox is works fine, I can open the zip and each file inside it is fine. When I run it in IE7 I get the following error. Internet Explorer cannot download ProductContentFormImage.aspx from localhost. Internet Explorer ...

IE display transparency bug on height > 4096px?

I was working on a JavaScript dialog with a transparent background overlay when I ran into a problem on large pages. If the page was large, the transparent overlay would be a solid colour (i.e. no longer transparent). I did some testing and found this only happened in the overlay was greater than 4096 pixels high (hmmm, suspicious, that...

Adding a new option in FireFox and IE save dialog

I want to disable the custom Save Dialog of IE and Firefox OR add a new "Save to My Location" option in it. I think I need to create plug-ins for IE and Firefox. ...

Problem of import js file in https page in IE8

It seems that in IE8, if the page using https protocol needs to import a .js file, the .js file also needs to use the https protocol. <script type="text/javscript" src="http://xxx/yourjs.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt; works in all browsers except IE8 <script type="text/javscript" src="https://xxx/yourjs.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt; works in al...

IE7 with Integrated Security is asking for credentals, but Firefox does not any idea why?

Hi Folks, We have a web-site configured for Integrated Security in IIS on the W2003 Server. When we attempt to connect using IE it is asking us for Network credentials. If we supply those credentials we get an Access Denied. If we configure Firefox to allow that web-site as a trusted URI, we can connect and use the site without any pro...

Is there an alternative to padding for IE that doesn't make the text disappear?

Is there an clean alternative that doesn't make the text disappear in the following: <div style="background-color:#ddd; padding:10px 0 50px 0;"> <ol><li>In what year were you born?</li></ol> <div><select name="c_record" size="1"> <option value="">-- Select One --</option> <option value="1">1900</option> <option value="2">190...

IE6/7 And ClassName (JS/HTML)

Hi, I am trying to change the class of an element using javascript. So far I'm doing : var link = document.getElementById("play_link"); link.className = "play_button"; edit: here is the actual code that replace the classname In the HTML : <a href="#play_link_<%=i%>" id="play_link_<%=i%>"onclick="changeCurrentTo(<%=i%>);return fals...

jQuery fadeIn leaves text not anti-aliased in IE7

Why does this happen? Any workarounds? Example: http://chrisdillon.us/jquery_fadein_problem1.html jQuery: $(function() { $('p.quote').fadeIn(2000); }); HTML: <p>someone said:</p> <p class="quote">&ldquo;lorem ipsum&rdquo;</p> <p>someone else said:</p> <p class="quote" style="display: none;">&ldquo;magna carta&rdquo;</p> ...

Detecting cause of IE's Operation Aborted Issue

My site is suffering from the Operation Aborted error. What I find weird is that in my case the error only sometimes happens. The site has been running fine for three months then today it starts happening but not every time. The page this is occuring on is rather large with a lot of third party controls. What I'd like is a tool that co...

Why does setTimeout(fn, 0) sometimes help?

I've recently run into a rather nasty bug, wherein the code was loading a <select> dynamically via JavaScript. This dynamically loaded <select> had a pre-selected value. In IE6, we already had code to fix the selected <option>, because sometimes the <select>'s selectedIndex value would be out of sync with the selected <option>'s index ...

C# IE BHO: Do work asynchroniously while keeping to the same thread?

I have an IE BHO that's in development in C#. It is supposed to wait for the user to do some stuff, contact our server and download some data, and then alter the DOM of the currently loaded web page with the results. I am running into some seemingly insurmountable issues relating to the rules of COM compartmentalization and threading --...

What causes this error with for...in after assigning Array.prototype.indexOf?

I was surprised when I was able to reproduce a bug with a minimum amount of code. Note that in this minimalist example Array.indexOf isn't being called. Also note that I've tried several different implementations of indexOf, including several from stackoverflow.com. The bug is, when the for...in executes in IE, three alerts are displaye...

Animated GIF in IE stopping

Hi, Does anyone know a work around to make animated GIF's continue to be animated after you click a link or submit a form on the page your on in IE? This works fine in other browsers. Thanks. ...

How to detect if IE is having JAVA blocked (security)

How to detect if IE is running with HIGHEST security and JAVA APPLET will not appear. It seems IE does not show alternative content of java object in this case. I like to display some instructions to end user how to adjust their security settings IF java is disabled. Is there difference in INTRANET ZONE how this works when compared t...

IE not triggering jQuery Ajax success

Hello all, I'm working on a script to load some images async using jQuery. Here is a code snippet of the function that loads the images - try{ for(img in imgsArray){ $.ajax({ async: false, type: "get", url:imgsArray[img], success:function(imgFile){ alert("success"); //do something useful }, error:function(XMLHttp...

Trouble with printing in IE

I'm having some trouble with printing a page from our website. We have a specific page for printing some details which includes images. On this print-specific page, we strip out navigation, branding, etc, leaving only the users' data so they can get a clean print. Much of that data takes the form of images, which may or may not have a...

Need to solve CSS DIV Default width problem: Looks good in IE. Not Firefox.

I've set up an example of what I'm running into here: http://studiozion.com/cssproblem/fix_it.htm. Relevant code blocks... <style type="text/css"> body { background: transparent url(Grade300_Color1.png) repeat-x } .RowMaker { overflow: auto; } .ColumnMaker { float: left; } .ColumnMaker2 { float: right; } .PadTop { ...

Javascript passing data from child window to parent window, IE bug ?

I've got a popup window that gives data back to its parent. Using window.opener.document.data = data_from_popup; This work well in FF, but in IE (6/7) the data can be accessed for the time the popup is still displayed. When I close the popup it looks like the data gets garbage collected. I've tried to use a clone() function for the dat...