Note: I have verified this in the latest version of IE, and other browsers like Mozilla and Chrome and this works for me. Hope it works for others as well.
if (data == "" || data == undefined) {
alert("Falied to open PDF.");
} else { //For IE using atob convert base64 encoded data to byte array
if (window.navigator && window.navigator.msSaveOrOpenBlob) {
var byteCharacters = atob(data);
var byteNumbers = new Array(byteCharacters.length);
for (var i = 0; i < byteCharacters.length; i++) {
byteNumbers[i] = byteCharacters.charCodeAt(i);
}
var byteArray = new Uint8Array(byteNumbers);
var blob = new Blob([byteArray], {
type: 'application/pdf'
});
window.navigator.msSaveOrOpenBlob(blob, fileName);
} else { // Directly use base 64 encoded data for rest browsers (not IE)
var base64EncodedPDF = data;
var dataURI = "data:application/pdf;base64," + base64EncodedPDF;
window.open(dataURI, '_blank');
}
}