IE9 JSON Data "do you want to open or save this file"

Question

Started testing my jQuery applications with IE9. Looks like I may be in for some trouble here. I noticed that when I return JSON data back to the Javascript methods I always get this Prompt that says: "Do you want to open or save this file?" and provides me with 3 buttons: Open, Save and Cancel. Of course, my javascript is taking actions based on the values set in the JSON object but since IE9 doesn't pass it over to the script, I cannot execute the follow up action from there on.

Anyone else facing this issue? Here is a snapshot.

Answer 1

If anyone is using ASP.net MVC and trying to fix this issue - I used the following built in methods in the MVC framework. Simply update the content Type and encoding on the JsonResult.

public ActionResult Index(int id)
{
        // Fetch some data
        var someData = GetSomeData();

        // Return and update content type and encoding
        return Json(someData, "text/html", System.Text.Encoding.UTF8,
                        JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
}

This fixed the issue for me!