how do you set the no-cache for the output header going out of the servlet, because I saw this prob just yesterday.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Savino, Matt C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 11:34 AM Subject: RE: FO -> PDF works with Netscape, not with IE > If you don't set any of the cache properties in the response header > (returned PDF) to no-cache (or expires immediately, or whatever equivalent), > IE 5.5 is smart enough to internally return it's own cache on the second hit > (at least in my experience). > > Matt Savino > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Katiyar, Bhawana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 7:37 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: FO -> PDF works with Netscape, not with IE > > > > > > I am using IE 5.5 SP2. My request for a PDF document is being > > sent twice. > > Does anyone has a working servlet which serves PDF requests > > in one shot. > > > > Thanks > > Bh > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Savino, Matt C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 5:00 PM > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: RE: FO -> PDF works with Netscape, not with IE > > > > > > If you have to support older verisons of IE (<5.5), you'll > > also have to take > > a couple of steps to avoid calling FOP 2 or 3 times. One > > you'll want to look > > out for User-Agent='contype' in the request header, and only > > return the > > content type, not the actual content. But this isn't enough > > (even though > > Microsoft says it is). IE < 5 likes to request the PDF doc, > > then kill the > > request, then request the contype, then request the doc again. Except > > sometimes, and under no reproduceable set of conditions I > > could discern, IE > > accepts the whole document on the first request. Which means > > you can't just > > only call FOP and return the whole doc on the third hit. The only full > > solution I've seen so far is to cache the PDF byte-array in > > the session > > after the first hit, then return it if requested on the third > > hit. (credit > > Jim Urban I believe) This doesn't save you from sending the > > PDF out over the > > wire twice, but it does save calling FOP twice. And so far > > the latter has > > proven to be much more time and resource-consuming. I've attached the > > servlet I use to generate HTML and PDF. It's kind of a mess, > > but you should > > be able to find all the pieces. > > > > One note: it's possible setting the 'Content-Disposition' as > > described below > > may clear up the problem. I remember experimenting with > > Content-Disposition > > a long time ago, but I didn't like the way it brought up two > > consecutive > > 'Save As...' dialogs. > > > > Matt Savino > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Chetan Vig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 1:51 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: FO -> PDF works with Netscape, not with IE > > > > > > > > > Make sure you have the following set in your response > > > // CONTENT DISPOSITION ENSURES THAT IE > > > BROWSER RECOGNIZES > > > THE PDF > > > // BYTE STREAM AS A PDF FILE > > > // SOLUTION FOUND FROM MICROSOFT SUPPORT PAGE > > > // NO IMPACT FOR NETSCAPE BROWSER > > > response.addHeader("Content-Disposition", > > > "inline;filename=report.pdf"); > > > response.setContentLength(contentSize); > > > > > > Chetan > > > > > > > > > Jim Urban wrote: > > > > > > > Be sure you set the content length, otherwise IE has > > > problems. It also > > > > helps to call reset to clear any information in the HTTP > > > header before > > > > setting your content type or any other values. > > > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Katiyar, Bhawana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 3:23 PM > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Subject: FO -> PDF works with Netscape, not with IE > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi! I am using version .18 to render PDF from XML. Rendering is > > > > > fine with Netscape, but doesn't work with IE. > > > > > Any clues? > > > > > Thanks > > > > > Bhawana > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
