Dandello wrote on Jan 20^th, 2019 at 10:49am:


Thanks Dandello.

Just tried that using IE11.  Wanted to save as .htm so I changed the extension but no joy.  File fails to open as corrupted.

I'm afraid you guys using IE11 are going to have to update to another browser.  I would recommend leaving IE anyway. 

Wigan wrote on Jan 20^th, 2019 at 1:44pm:


Thanks Wigan.  That worked for me with IE11

Right click
Save target as
In Save as type change to All Files (*.*)
Change file extension to psdata
Save and then browse to the file and open it.

So, this looks like a work around for those that don't want to move on from IE.

The step I missed before was switching 'Save as type' and that scrambled the file.

Found another IE11 bug. The "work around" you described is fine if you have never downloaded the file, but if you click on the link again, and then do the work around, and it has the same file name because it's the same file, then windows asks if you want to save it over the file that already has that name, and you choose yes, then IE11 will download 100% complete, but IE11 will be frozen, you can't even close it. Also, there will be extra characters added on after the .psdata which I never typed in, so the file is still not a .psdata file because when it was saved IE11 or windows added some characters after the .psdata

Anyway, I don't use IE, I was just seeing what all the commotion was about. IE is still the second most popular browser (unfortunately), so if you feel like supporting it, then there may be some things you can do.

Try googling "force ie to download file"

I found at at least one useful suggestion, but you may have to search and try a few things. Here is the suggestion:

"It is known HTTP headers problem with Internet Explorer. Try to edit your server's .htaccess file (if you use Apache) and include the following rules:

Code:

# IE: force download of .xxx files
AddType application/octect-stream .xxx
<Files *.xxx>
  ForceType application/octet-stream
  Header Set Content-Disposition attachment
</Files> 

"

So, in that sample code, you would obviously change the .xxx to the file type, therefore it would be .psdata

I think you guys can get this figured out with a little tweaking of how these files are served up from your server. Good luck!

Thanks so much Steve. 

Brian put that code into the server root htaccess and it seems to have worked   

psdata files now prompt IE to open/save.

Tom Roberts wrote on Jan 18^th, 2019 at 1:50pm:


This is now implemented.  Squishing the bugs this week but so far so good.

What a process just to get the little green lock.