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Posted by robert on 09/28/29 11:46
never mind...set a couple of other header properties and got it working just
fine.
"robert" <ab@no.spam-alama-ding-dong> wrote in message
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| i've got several file on a server that have html links to them. most are
pdf
| but not all. i'd like to have the os of the client pc open the doc with
the
| appropriate executable when their related hyperlink is clicked. i've taken
| the sledge-hammer approach that i've read as a hack to do this, which is
| setting the html header to content-type=application/octet-stream. on my pc
| this works but on others, it doesn't. the application will sometimes
launch
| but (in the case of the pdf's) gives an error about the file format. i
think
| it's to do with the size of the file since the other pc's are hit and miss
| when getting the file.
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| do i have to setup some kind of filter that will set headers to the
specific
| file type being opened...like pdf, or excel, or whatever? i'd really like
to
| stay away from getting that specific as that will become something that
must
| be maintained.
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| thanks for your thoughts,
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| me
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