Back button in IE vs. Firefox

Hi all,
I'm wondering if anyone can shed some light on a problem I'm having. I have a jsp page where the user submits a form for their invoice history. That works no problem. If there is a matching invoice number a new window opens, if pop ups are allowed, and the user now has a PDF copy of their invoice. If pop ups are blocked, the PDF opens in the same window.
Here's where the problem starts... in Firefox if the PDF opens in the same window and I hit the back button, I go back to my jsp page with a blank form. Exactly what I want to happen.
In IE, the back button just reloads the PDF in the current window. If I hit back multiple times really fast I can get back or if I view my history and choose the jsp page I can go back.
Is there are known work around? It's not a real big issue but it can be annoying and not everyone is savvy enough to figure out how to get back in history.
Thank you in advance to anyone who can help.

Hi all,
I'm wondering if anyone can shed some light on a
problem I'm having. I have a jsp page where the user
submits a form for their invoice history. That works
no problem. If there is a matching invoice number a
new window opens, if pop ups are allowed, and the
user now has a PDF copy of their invoice. If pop ups
are blocked, the PDF opens in the same window.
Here's where the problem starts... in Firefox if the
PDF opens in the same window and I hit the back
button, I go back to my jsp page with a blank form.
Exactly what I want to happen.
In IE, the back button just reloads the PDF in the
current window. If I hit back multiple times really
fast I can get back or if I view my history and
choose the jsp page I can go back.
Is there are known work around? It's not a real big
issue but it can be annoying and not everyone is
savvy enough to figure out how to get back in
history.
Thank you in advance to anyone who can help.Browser back button issue is discussed in different veins in different places on the Net. But my limited memory does not have this IE and PDF problem. Try do google around.
If you could provide a URL for a dummy jsp that dispatches a dummy PDF for general testing purpose, we might be able to test it on different versions of the OS and the notorious browser.

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