Why am I getting this error in IE: “The data area passed to a system call is too small”?

Question

I\'m creating a csv file for download using Javascript and it\'s working perfectly fine in everything except for IE (I\'ve tested 8 and 10).

In IE8, when I click the b

Answer 1

This is a known issue, but there is a workaround.

Add the following code

if (navigator.msSaveBlob) 
{ // IE 10+ 
navigator.msSaveBlob(new Blob([csv], { type: 'text/csv;charset=utf-8;' }), "filename.csv"); 
}

and the issue should be resolved. This works for IE10, I have not tested it on IE8 (I don't have IE8 anymore!)

Refer to:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/Hh772331

https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/Hh772298

Source

Answer 2

There is a size restriction of URL in IE.