Im trying to dynamically create a CSV file using javascript that the user can download. This only has to work in IE.
The html the javascript generates looks something like this
<a href="data:application/octet-stream,field1%2Cfield2%0Afoo%2Cbar%0Agoo%2Cgai%0A">CSV</a>
Which seams to work fine in chrome but IE10 just breaks.
Is there a better way to dynamically create a file using JavaScript and then give the user a link to download it? I cant use PHP as the entire system needs to run on the client-side due to restrictions placed by the user. The system all needs to work on a touch screen (with no right click option) so the link needs to give the user the ability to download, not open the file.
Internet Explorer 10 doesn't support the data
protocol on the a
element. Per the documentation, the only supported elements/attributes are the following:
You should know that what you're attempting to do smells like a phishing attempt; for this reason you shouldn't expect browsers to support this pattern. You can read more about data-uri phishing in the paper Phishing by data URI.
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