I am using a jQuery function to export my HTML table to Excel. This is a function I have seen used in plenty of other places, and it works fine for me in Chrome:
var tableToExcel = (function() {
var uri = 'data:application/vnd.ms-excel;base64,'
, template = '<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><x:ExcelWorkbook><x:ExcelWorksheets><x:ExcelWorksheet><x:Name>{worksheet}</x:Name><x:WorksheetOptions><x:DisplayGridlines/></x:WorksheetOptions></x:ExcelWorksheet></x:ExcelWorksheets></x:ExcelWorkbook></xml><![endif]--></head><body><table>{table}</table></body></html>'
, base64 = function(s) { return window.btoa(unescape(encodeURIComponent(s))) }
, format = function(s, c) { return s.replace(/{(w+)}/g, function(m, p) { return c[p]; }) }
return function(table, name) {
if (!table.nodeType) table = document.getElementById(table)
var ctx = { worksheet: name || 'Worksheet', table: table.innerHTML }
window.location.href = uri + base64(format(template, ctx))
}
})()
However, in IE 10, this line: "window.location.href = uri + base64(format(template, ctx))" - is throwing the error: "SCRIPT122: The data area passed to a system call is too small."
I've done a bit of research and it seems like IE is not able to handle the length of the URI for some reason. Are there any workarounds?
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