Re: [ReturnRaw] and PDFs
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2005
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = According to the following forum post, it may not be possible with IE6 toforce the download of a PDF file:http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3407On 8/19/05 9:23 AM, "Clint Davis"
wrote:> I found this response from Scott in the archives from 8/27/03:> > "Some browsers are more particular about how attachments are described in> the MIME headers. What happens when you test using different browsers?> Netscape or IE on Windows? Older IE versions (4.x) did have a bug with> regards to interpreting those MIME headers."> > Stuart: you replied the next day with this:> "Your white pages site works for me on Mac OSX 10.2 IE 5.2, my coding=20> does not. Same problems on w2k ie 6."> > What was the final outcome? How can I get Adobe Reader to work with the Open> option vs. the Save option?> > > > On 8/18/05 9:32 PM, "Stuart Tremain" wrote:> >> Clint>> >> There were a couple of bugs in [ReturnRaw], on of them was the>> engine, the other was in the docs.>> >> Check the archives to see if you have missed anything :)>> >> >> Stuart Tremain>> idfk web developments, sydney, australia>> >> >> On 19 Aug 2005, at 6:02 AM, Clint Davis wrote:>> >>> WebDNA 6 on MacOS X>>> >>> I have a site using [ReturnRaw] to serve protected PDF files after>>> someone>>> has registered to view them. In IE6/Win, the dialog box shows the>>> correct>>> filename and presents 3 options once the registration is complete:>>> Open,>>> Save, Cancel>>> >>> If I click the Open button, Adobe Reader launches with an error:>>> There was an error opening the document. The file cannot be found.>>> >>> If I click the Save button instead, the file is saved to the>>> location of my>>> choice, and I have to double-click to open it in Adobe Reader.>>> >>> Has anyone else dealt with PDFs and [ReturnRaw]?>>> >>> Here's my code where the [f] variable is the PDF file:>>> >>> [text]line_ending=%0D%0A[/text]>>> [ReturnRaw binarybody=pdf/[f].pdf][!]>>> [/!]HTTP/1.0 200 OK[unurl][line_ending][/unurl][!]>>> [/!]Status: 200[unurl][line_ending][/unurl][!]>>> [/!]Content-Type: application/pdf[unurl][line_ending][/unurl][!]>>> [/!]Content-Disposition: attachment;>>> filename="[f].pdf"[unurl][line_ending][line_ending][/unurl][!]>>> [/!][/ReturnRaw]-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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According to the following forum post, it may not be possible with IE6 toforce the download of a PDF file:http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3407On 8/19/05 9:23 AM, "Clint Davis" wrote:> I found this response from Scott in the archives from 8/27/03:> > "Some browsers are more particular about how attachments are described in> the MIME headers. What happens when you test using different browsers?> Netscape or IE on Windows? Older IE versions (4.x) did have a bug with> regards to interpreting those MIME headers."> > Stuart: you replied the next day with this:> "Your white pages site works for me on Mac OSX 10.2 IE 5.2, my coding=20> does not. Same problems on w2k ie 6."> > What was the final outcome? How can I get Adobe Reader to work with the Open> option vs. the Save option?> > > > On 8/18/05 9:32 PM, "Stuart Tremain" wrote:> >> Clint>> >> There were a couple of bugs in [returnraw], on of them was the>> engine, the other was in the docs.>> >> Check the archives to see if you have missed anything :)>> >> >> Stuart Tremain>> idfk web developments, sydney, australia>> >> >> On 19 Aug 2005, at 6:02 AM, Clint Davis wrote:>> >>> WebDNA 6 on MacOS X>>> >>> I have a site using [returnraw] to serve protected PDF files after>>> someone>>> has registered to view them. In IE6/Win, the dialog box shows the>>> correct>>> filename and presents 3 options once the registration is complete:>>> Open,>>> Save, Cancel>>> >>> If I click the Open button, Adobe Reader launches with an error:>>> There was an error opening the document. The file cannot be found.>>> >>> If I click the Save button instead, the file is saved to the>>> location of my>>> choice, and I have to double-click to open it in Adobe Reader.>>> >>> Has anyone else dealt with PDFs and [returnraw]?>>> >>> Here's my code where the [f] variable is the PDF file:>>> >>> [text]line_ending=%0D%0A[/text]>>> [ReturnRaw binarybody=pdf/[f].pdf][!]>>> [/!]HTTP/1.0 200 OK[unurl][line_ending][/unurl][!]>>> [/!]Status: 200[unurl][line_ending][/unurl][!]>>> [/!]Content-Type: application/pdf[unurl][line_ending][/unurl][!]>>> [/!]Content-Disposition: attachment;>>> filename="[f].pdf"[unurl][line_ending][line_ending][/unurl][!]>>> [/!][/ReturnRaw]-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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