Am trying to append Sharepoint list data into table and converting table to excel format which is woking in Chrome but in ie it is nt working.

hi,

           Am using following lines of code to convert table data into excel.

$("[id$=myButtonControlID]").click(function(e) {
    window.open('data:application/vnd.ms-excel,'+encodeURIComponent( $('div[id$=divTableDataHolder]').html()));
    e.preventDefault();
});
it is working in chrome where i can able to download excel file but while running in IE it is nt working.Can some one find me solution why (Window,open()) wont work in IE and 
how to make it work in IE.