[semi-OT] PDF on the fly

[matthias_livecode_150811 at m-r-d.de]

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:

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)

The only difference i see is, that i have    put new header instead of put header






> Am 14.09.2022 um 20:58 schrieb jbv via use-livecode <use-livecode at 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=" &quote& myFileName &quote
> 
> 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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