Question

I have a javascript function that builds an URI fragment using some captured parameters, and then submits my form.

Example:

function consultResource(contextName){
    var form = document.forms[0];
    var f1 = form.thename.value;//accepts strings without special symbols
    var f2 = escape(form.thedate.value); //accepts only strings in the form 'dd/mm/yyyy'
    var action = "/"+contextName+"/CtrlComparison?name="+f1+"&date="+f2;
    form.action = action;
    form.submit();
}

An example generated URI fragment would be
/MyContext/CtrlComparison?name=report01&date=06/05/2011

This snippet works, submitting the form and bringing a PDF document OK for:

• Firefox 3.x-4.x (not tested on 2.x)
• Internet Explorer 6-8
• Google Chrome 9.x-11.x (other versions not tested)
• Opera 10.x-11.x (other versions not tested)

But I need it to work in Internet Explorer 9 too. Currently when I submit the same info in IE9 I get the following message:

instead of something like this:

IE9 is not escaping the / and taking them as part of path separators on URI.

The question is: How could I get my URI fragment to be correctly generated in IE9 too?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

This is not a problem with your form, or action URL. You need to send the correct headers when you write out the PDF.

In your php
header(“Content-disposition: attachment; filename:comparativoCajasRegistradas.pdf”);