IE Does Not Interpret PERL Scripts Correctly as Plain Text

ID: Q164672

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Information Server versions 2.0, 3.0

SYMPTOMS

You are using a PERL script with a header that contains the following:


   Content-Type: text/plain\n\n

In addition, HTML tags exists within the file. Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) displays the results as HTML output rather than plain text output. If there are no HTML tags, the file is viewed as an unsupportable file type and IE tries to download file.

CAUSE

IE assumes that because the script contains HTML tags that it is an HTML file and displays it as such regardless of what content type is stating.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem with Microsoft Internet Explorer version 3.0 or above. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Keywords : kbinterop iiscgi
Version : winnt:2.0,3.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug