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IE and downloads

Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 3:35 pm
by shiznatix
So hello kids! I am trying to force a download, not force as in sneaky but have the thing pop up and say 'save, cancel, open' or whatever. It all works fine in FF but IE does this thing where it says 'we stopped them from downloading files to your computer'. well thats fine and all but I am controlling the downloads by using sessions and after that page is opened once it deletes their session then when they try to open it either by clicking the message or clicking my link that says 'if your download did not begin properly, click this link' the session was deleted and my script blocks that from happening.

How can I stop this or fix this situation in some way.

Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 3:39 pm
by feyd
Don't delete the session immediately?

Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 3:42 pm
by Burrito
sounds like you're redirecting to the download. force the user to click for the download, IE likes that ok.

Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 3:57 pm
by shiznatix
Burrito wrote:sounds like you're redirecting to the download. force the user to click for the download, IE likes that ok.
Im going with that. thanks