Opening binary data as a file with a specific file name

Asked Dec 19 '14 at 17:42

Active Dec 19 '14 at 17:49

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I have a situation where I'm having to take binary data (for PDFs, word docs, etc) via ajax and allow users to download the file by clicking on a link.

Currently I am doing this by opening a new browser window with the binary data.

window.open("data:application/pdf;base64,"+ binaryFileData);

This works for opening the file, but the file name generated is always the actual binary string and not anything human-readable.

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Is there a way to give the opened file a specific name?

edited Dec 19 '14 at 17:49

asked Dec 19 '14 at 17:42

Maxx

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Kind of similiar http://stackoverflow.com/a/23572762/1353011 – Musa Dec 19 '14 at 17:50
@jurgemaister - thank you. This appears to be what I was looking for. Trying out these solutions now. – Maxx Dec 19 '14 at 17:57

Opening binary data as a file with a specific file name

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