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Posted by Sheldon Glickler on 01/07/08 20:43
Harlan Messinger wrote:
> Sheldon Glickler wrote:
>> I want to be able to download a file. If the file is a zip or an exe,
>> the user is asked where to save the file
>
>
> I'm confused. First you say that *you* want to be able to download a
> file, and then you imply that you're talking about someone else.
The customer wants to limit the number of downloads and he doesn't want
the pdf to display to the user. He wants the user to display it on his
own after he has downloaded it. I know this is silly since once the
user has downloaded the file, he can always copy it to any number of
machines, but the customer IS the customer.....
>
>> and the download proceeds. However, if the file is a pdf, the pdf
>> displays and doesn't bring up the save as box.
>>
>> I do not want the pdf to display.
>
> If you're the user, then right-click the link (assuming IE or Firefox on
> Windows) and choose the option to save the link to your computer. If you
> aren't the user, then who are you to decide that the user wants to
> download the PDF to his hard drive?
I am not the user.
>
> > Rather, I want to have it bring up
>> the save as box. i do not want to first zip up the pdf and force the
>> user to unzip it.
>
> Why do you want to force the user to do anything except use his browser
> in the way in which he's accustomed to using it?
That is what the customer spec called for -- and he is paying the bill.
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Shelly
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