Internet Explorer tries to save script on Ajax Form jQuery plugin submits

Question

My problem is that when I try to submit a form with jQuery Form plugin ( http://jquery.malsup.com/form/ ), with contentType: script , I get "Save as" pop-up on IEs, that tries to save my response script.

Example code:

$("#vendor_edit").ajaxForm({dataType: "script"});

Response is JavaScript, that is properly executed on all the other browsers, but IE tries to save this file "vendors.js". Any idea, what might force IE to trigger this pop-up?

Answer 1

Try using :

$().getScript( url, function(data, textStatus){
    if (typeof(data) === "object"){
        eval(data);  //i.e if you're planning to execute your script
    }
});

Answer 2

Now that was tricky. Response type matters indeed, it needed to be "text/plain" to stop triggering Save As dialog, instead of "application/javascript" for Explorer.

Also, I had to wrap script "textarea" tag, exclusivelly for Explorer to make eval(response) work for some crazy reazon. All other browsers can handle it without texterea wrapper, but IE has a problem with that (I have seen this solution used by Dojo and copied it).