I had this problem similar to this and it was down to the declaration in the ..aspx page
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:ev="http://www.w3.org/2001/xml-events" viewBox="0 0 740 610"> .... .... .... >From: Sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: svg-developers@yahoogroups.com >To: svg-developers@yahoogroups.com >Subject: Re: [svg-developers] Re: IE tries to download, not display svg >file >Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:19:28 -0600 > >I haven't had much opportunity to work on the problem since my work and >home pc both are fine. Last night I was able to reproduce the problem on >a laptop I recently reformatted, which was quite annoying, but at least >I now have a computer with the problem. I tried the .htaccess file and >doesn't help. I haven't had time to explore much with my laptop, but it >prompts to either save or open the SVG file. When I try to open it, IE >crashes. I tried lowering the security, but that doesn't seem to work >either. The SVG is dynamically generated with PHP, and the mime type and >header are set accordingly. Like I said, it is only a problem on some >computers. > >Thanks! >Sean > >Sherm wrote: > > > Sean, > > > > Have you set the SVG MIME type on your server? I've run into this > > issue twice before, and neither server had SVG/SVGZ set as a MIME > > type. > > > > I always send server admins to this page to get info on setting the > > MIME type: > > http://www.svgfaq.com/ServerGen.asp ><http://www.svgfaq.com/ServerGen.asp> > > > > HTH. > > > > Sherm > > > > ----------------------------------------- > > On 16/08/2006, at 2:42 AM, Sean wrote: > > > > I had put this off to the side thinking it might have been an error > > in my file, but it apparently is not. This is not an Adobe viewer vs > > native issue. It seems to me to be a security issue. But I can't > > reproduce it on my computer. I've tried increasing the security, but > > my computer works fine. My friends are unable to view my SVG. It is > > database driven, php, svg maps. When they try to open them, it wants > > to save them or open them, but trying to press the open button does > > nothing. Any insight would be most appreciated. > > > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > _________________________________________________________________ Windows LiveĀ Messenger has arrived. Click here to download it for free! http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/?locale=en-gb ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ---- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/