I am running 9.6.5 on the server where i tested the script.
> Am 14.09.2022 um 21:22 schrieb matthias rebbe via use-livecode
> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>:
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> I just checked here with a script i am using for years to provide the
> download of a csv file and it still works with Version 15.6 (17613.3.9.1.5).
> Is that the newest version?
>
> This is my script:
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> put header "Content-Type: application/text"
> put header "Content-Length:" & the number of chars of tFileContent
> put new header "Content-Disposition: attachment; FileName=" & tFileName
> put URL("file:" & tFileContent)
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> The only difference i see is, that i have put new header instead of put
> header
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>> Am 14.09.2022 um 20:58 schrieb jbv via use-livecode
>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>:
>>
>> Hi list,
>>
>> I have a web site on which end users can select several options,
>> and then click a button "show PDF", and a pdf containing various
>> contents from a remote DB with a sophisticated layout is built
>> server side in a second and automatically downloaded.
>>
>> The link of the button is something like :
>> https://domain.com/showPDF.lc?a=parameters
>> and the script sets the header of the pdf file as follows :
>> put header "Content-Type: application/pdf"
>> put header "Content-Length: " & number of chars of myPDF
>> put header "Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=" "e& myFileName
>> "e
>>
>> This has been working fine for years, and still works on Chrome
>> and FF, but apparently the latest versions of Safari don't accept it:
>> the file is built and the download starts but quickly stalls and that's it.
>> And no error message van be found in the console.
>>
>> As an alternative solution, I've been thinking of building the pdf server
>> side
>> and writing it in a temporary folder, and then on the web page displaying a
>> prompt with a button containing the actual url of the file. But that's not
>> very elegant IMHO.
>>
>> What other options do I have ?
>> Thank you in advance.
>>
>> Best,
>> jbv
>>
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