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Why is my File result filename corrupted IE9?


I'm trying to generate and return files for my users. Some file names contain unicode characters: aäa.pdf. When trying to download them in IE 9 the filename gets corrupted and the download appears like this:

         Ie9 filename issue

In Chrome it works as expected. This is the return statement:

return File(fileStream: stream, 
            contentType: System.Net.Mime.MediaTypeNames.Application.Octet, 
            fileDownloadName: myModel.Name + "." + pub.OutputFileType);

How can I fix the issue that IE 9 has?


Solution

  • It seems that this is simply no doable with IE9, as state by namesv in the comments. I finally solved it by abusing a browser feature: when it requests something like /foo/fileÄÖ.pdf and a file is returned, the "filename" in the URL is used.

    So, I created a new route, targeted my dynamic download to it and did this in the action:

    if (Request.Browser.Browser == "IE" && Request.Browser.MajorVersion == 9)
    {
        // The filename comes from the Route used, which is like host/Print/File.pdf
        Response.Clear();
        Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment");
        Response.ContentType = System.Net.Mime.MediaTypeNames.Application.Octet;
        Response.Charset = "utf-8";
        Response.HeaderEncoding = UnicodeEncoding.UTF8;
        Response.ContentEncoding = UnicodeEncoding.UTF8;
        byte[] buffer = new byte[4096];
        int count = 0;
    
        while ((count = stream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length)) > 0)
        {
            Response.OutputStream.Write(buffer, 0, count);
            Response.Flush();
        }
        Response.End();
        return null;
    }
    else
    {
        return File(
            fileStream: stream,
            contentType: System.Net.Mime.MediaTypeNames.Application.Octet,
            fileDownloadName: compilation.Name + "." + pub.OutputFileType);
    }