Re: Request sent twice from IE5.5 and N6 when content type is app lication/pdf

[Lindsay, William (USPC.PCT.Hopewell)]

I'm dealing with the same issue. What I've found so far is, when using GET the 
URL+ARGS, let say http://myurl/mypath/myservletalias.pdf?arg1=aaaa&arg2=bbbb

ELiminates the subsequent requests on the Servlet. I also moves the problem to the 
Client, because ADOBE looks at the URL String, if it sees XYZ.PDF (nothing more) it 
passes the content without
various client configurations in the Reader/Browser(s). This works back to ADOBE 3x in 
our tests. 

I've seen a workaround by caching the Original Request Parameters in SESSION...???? 
and when NULL arrives, retrieve the PARAMS and reexec the REQUEST. This only works for 
UNBALANCED web servers (we
are load balancing) so I'm still in need of a FIX.

Anybody else ????

Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: Pierre-Yves Saumont [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 5:47 AM
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Subject: Re: Request sent twice from IE5.5 and N6 when content type is
application/pdf


Hi Marco,

This confirms what I was saying in my answer to Vincent. The working test
servlet I have now use this approach. I am trying to figure why it doesn't
work in real life ! This should not be so difficult :-(

Pierre-Yves

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Marco Trevisan
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We solved this kind of problems using GET (not POST) requests from browser
and precomputing the size of the pdf using a ByteArrayOutputStream
for PDF output.
Just tested for IE5+, I'm curious about N6.
Some IEs needed an SP, as you can find on Adobe's site.

Marco

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