msSaveBlob method

Saves the File or Blob to disk.

Syntax

var retVal = navigator.msSaveBlob(blob, defaultName);

Parameters

• blob [in]
  Type: any

• defaultName [in, optional]
  Type: DOMString

• retVal [out, retval]
  Type: boolean

  One of the following:

  Value	Meaning
  False	A failure occurred.
  True	True is returned as long as the notification bar is displayed.

   

Return value

Type: boolean

One of the following:

False

A failure occurred.

True

True is returned as long as the notification bar is displayed.

Remarks

When a site calls this method, the behavior is the same as when Windows Internet Explorer downloads a file with this in the header:

Content-Length: <blob.size>
Content-Type: <blob.type>
Content-Disposition: attachment;filename=<defaultName>
X-Download-Options: noopen

This method is asynchronous and has no callbacks.

See also

navigator