Export doesn't work when using Internet Explorer

[GoogleCodeExporter]

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Trying to export to excel, etc.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Webpage error details

User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; GIS 
IE 6.0 Build 20080321; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; MS-RTC LM 8; 
InfoPath.2; GIS IE 6.0 Build 20080321)
Timestamp: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 22:49:17 UTC

Message: Invalid argument.
Line: 4469
Char: 5
Code: 0
URI: http://127.0.0.1:3333/project-bundle.js

Message: Invalid argument.
Line: 4448
Char: 5
Code: 0
URI: http://127.0.0.1:3333/project-bundle.js

Message: Invalid argument.
Line: 4448
Char: 5
Code: 0
URI: http://127.0.0.1:3333/project-bundle.js

Message: Invalid argument.
Line: 4448
Char: 5
Code: 0
URI: http://127.0.0.1:3333/project-bundle.js

Message: Invalid argument.
Line: 4448
Char: 5
Code: 0
URI: http://127.0.0.1:3333/project-bundle.js

Message: Invalid argument.
Line: 4448
Char: 5
Code: 0
URI: http://127.0.0.1:3333/project-bundle.js

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
2.0

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by aidan.wa...@gmail.com on 17 Nov 2010 at 10:52

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Does a new browser tab get opened when you invoke an export command?

Original comment by dfhu...@gmail.com on 17 Nov 2010 at 11:05

[GoogleCodeExporter]

No when I click on 'Export', then 'Excel' nothing happens. I think it stems 
from something earlier in the program. When I start up Refine I have an 'Error 
in Page':
Message: 'GoogleRefineReleases' is undefined
Line: 632
Char: 5
Code: 0
URI: http://127.0.0.1:3333/index-bundle.js

However the program seems to function OK but when I get to the export 
functionality it doesn't. I researched if this is a java script issue without 
success.

Original comment by aidan.wa...@gmail.com on 18 Nov 2010 at 7:41

Attachments:

• Refine1.jpg

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Further information. It works OK using Firefox.

Original comment by aidan.wa...@gmail.com on 18 Nov 2010 at 7:49

[GoogleCodeExporter]

I've confirmed this with IE 8.  The error that I got was

Message: Invalid argument.
Line: 4448
Char: 5
Code: 0
URI: http://127.0.0.1:3333/project-bundle.js

which appears to be this line:

    window.open("about:blank", "refine-export");

in ExporterManager.handlers.exportRows

User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; 
.NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.648; .NET CLR 
3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Timestamp: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 22:53:18 UTC

Original comment by tfmorris on 26 Nov 2010 at 10:59

• Changed title: Export doesn't work when using Internet Explorer

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Clicking the edit button on a cell throws a Not Implemented error at Line: 7768 
Char: 5 in project-bundle.js which appears to be here:

DataTableCellUI.prototype._startEdit = function(elmt) {
    self = this;  // <------------------ this line

Looks like Internet Explorer support needs some work.

Original comment by tfmorris on 27 Nov 2010 at 1:29

[GoogleCodeExporter]

The problem with Export is that IE does not allow arbitrary values for the 
second argument of window.open (e.g., see discussion at 
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/710756/ie8-var-w-window-open-message-invalid-
argument).  Changing the value from "refine-export" to "_blank" should in 
theory fix this problem for IE.

Original comment by chima...@gmail.com on 20 Mar 2011 at 12:24

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Internet Explorer support was improved in Refine 2.5.  Can you retest and let 
us know if this issue still exists?

Original comment by tfmorris on 18 Sep 2012 at 7:50