So, I'm trying to download binary files with javascript. It works fine on Chrome and Opera but doesn't work on IE.

After trying to download the files the warning "DOM7011: The code on this page disabled back and forward caching." appears on IE Developer Tools.

Does anyone already had this problem?

$.DownloadBase64File = function (file, data) {
    if (file && data) {
        var link = document.createElement('a');
        link.setAttribute('href', "data:application/octet-stream;charset=utf-16le;base64," + encodeURIComponent(data));
        link.setAttribute('download', file);
        link.click();
    };
};

if (data.status === '0') {
    $.DownloadBase64File(
        'MyPDF_File.pdf',
        data.ReportBinary
    );
}

Appretiate your help :)

So, I'm trying to download binary files with javascript. It works fine on Chrome and Opera but doesn't work on IE.

After trying to download the files the warning "DOM7011: The code on this page disabled back and forward caching." appears on IE Developer Tools.

Does anyone already had this problem?

$.DownloadBase64File = function (file, data) {
    if (file && data) {
        var link = document.createElement('a');
        link.setAttribute('href', "data:application/octet-stream;charset=utf-16le;base64," + encodeURIComponent(data));
        link.setAttribute('download', file);
        link.click();
    };
};

if (data.status === '0') {
    $.DownloadBase64File(
        'MyPDF_File.pdf',
        data.ReportBinary
    );
}

Appretiate your help :)

• javascript
• internet-explorer
• download
• warnings
• binaryfiles

• 1 @epascarello if only you knew the answer to my question... – Ricardo Cerdeira Commented Mar 6, 2018 at 15:10

1 Answer 1

I've managed to solve my own problem and now I'll post the solution here to help others with the same problem.

I couldn't download files on IE. On other browsers like Chrome, Firefox and Opera was working fine. I searched a lot and even posted my problem here on StackOverflow although no one could help me find the answer.

I found this script that helped me.

The code is from dandavis and can be found here:
http://danml./download.html
https://github./rndme/download

Hope you can find it useful!