Posted by Nikita the Spider on 02/23/07 04:02

In article <1172169221.741869.267130@k78g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
winstontuck@gmail.com wrote:

> I generate html reports. Is there a limit to the file size that IE or
> Firefox can handle being send to then from my webserver application.

The largest HTML file I've opened with Firefox was 22M (all HTML, no
images); I suspect it can handle larger but I really don't know. That
said, the technical limit of these browsers is probably higher than the
*practical* limit. Do you think your users want to open gigantic HTML
files that eat up all of the memory in the computer and tax the browser
so much that scrolling around in them is like wading through taffy? If
it stresses the browser, it will probably also annoy your users.

If you have reports that are potentially so large I encourage you to
consider breaking them up into more manageable chunks.

Sorry for not answering your question directly. =)

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Philip
http://NikitaTheSpider.com/
Whole-site HTML validation, link checking and more

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