window.href.location not working in chrome

Question

Please read the question before flagging as duplicate. I\'m trying to download a file by redirecting with Javascript to a controller action in my ASP.NET MVC3 project. It works

Answer 1

I changed the script with the following:

<script type="text/javascript">
$(function () {
  $(".pdf").click(function () {
    $.get('@Url.Action("PDFAvailable", "Helper")', { id: @Model.ID }, function (data) {
      if(data.message == "File not found.") {
        alert(data.message);   
      } else {
        location.href = '@Url.Action("PDF", "Helper", new { id = Model.ID })';
      }
    }); 
  });
});
</script>

You see, I added a new controller action, which only controls if the file exists and call the file action. This works across all browsers, at least the ones I have. I don't exactly know, but this might be a bug or security precaution in Chrome.