Enable file download via redirect in IE7

Posted by Christian W on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Christian W
Published on 2010-04-21T06:08:24Z Indexed on 2010/04/21 6:13 UTC
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Our application enables our customers to download files to their computer. The way I have implemented it is using asp.net with a dropdown. When the user clicks the dropdown they get the choice of "PDF","Powerpoint", and a couple of other choices depending on circumstances. Then, in postback depending on the choice the user made, it will return a file (changing the content-header and such and then bitbanging a file to the user). This works perfectly in all browsers, but IE7 complains that this is a security risk and blocks the download. Is there any way for the users to authorize downloads from our webapplication?

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