Posted by Jeff on 01/07/08 23:01

Sheldon Glickler wrote:

Tinker with the Content-disposition you send, change it to attachment.

I suppose you could also change the content-type so the users
computer wouldn't know what to do with and would be forced to save.

Try the content-disposition first, as it is the correct way to do that.

Jeff
> 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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