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KJ_50941
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Feb 22, 2011

Can't open PDF and excel

Hi     Need help, redirecting from HTTP to HTTPS, have ssl client on F5, redirect works fine, but unable to dowlload PDF and EXCEL from application, it is working if I go http.
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Moe_Jartin
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Sep 13, 2011
Just thought i would update this thread as we were seeing the same or similar issue with HTTPS and PDFs. See this thread for a resolution to this problem.

 

http://devcentral.f5.com/Community/GroupDetails/tabid/1082223/asg/50/Default.aspx

 

 

Basically it is a problem with IE. You need to remove any cache control headers from responses with content type "application".