Posted by Harlan Messinger on 01/07/08 19:21

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.

> 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?

> 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?

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