[semi-OT] PDF on the fly

[matthias_livecode_150811 at m-r-d.de]

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 at lists.runrev.com>:
> 
> 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 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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