JavaScript + File >> Save As..

[nilesh.shinde]

HTML + JavaScript

When using the "File >> Save As..." menu option on a JavaScript based popup to save the page for offline access; it does not saves all that is displayed in the popup window. This is only observed in IE browser. Works fine in rest of the browsers such as Firefox.

Please help

 

[Markbnj]

You'll need to provide some more details, such as what is being displayed in the pop-up, and what of that is not being saved.

 

[nilesh.shinde]

for example in the body of the popup i have the following HTML:

<div id="sample1image"><img src="sample1image.jpg" /></div>
<div id="sample2image"><script>document.write("<img src='sample2image.jpg' alt='logo' title='logo' />");</script></div>

First image (sample1image.jpg) downloads fine when using IE "File >> Save As..." option. However, the later one won't. I have no idea why will this happen when using IE.

In Firefox it simply works fine.

 

[Markbnj]

Well the second one isn't an image link. It's a string parameter to document.write. Perhaps IE is more conservative about executing javascript when saving a page to disk. Other than that I have no ideas.

 

[nilesh.shinde]

That's right. Thanks for your quick attention to my request.

 

[nilesh.shinde]

I searched over the web and found one article supporting our findings (though the article is applicable for IE 5). here is the link:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/198997

It states that - Internet Explorer does not parse the script in a Web page when saving the Web page, and so it is unable to determine when an image or document URL is constructed from within a script.

It does mean that any image whose source is dynamically constructed using javascript / vbscript will not be parsed by IE.