Hi all,
I have got a PDF fle which i would like my users to download when they click on a button/link/image.Is this possible?
Thank You
it opens the pdf documnet in the pdf reader,i want the users to download the document. It should invoke the small "File Download" window, where it asks you to open or save the file.
manraj82
2009-11-20 10:59:43
i hope u know wat im talking about,this window has got three buttons Open , Save and Cancel
manraj82
2009-11-20 11:01:11
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A:
If you want to override any plugins for viewing a PDF in browser, then you need to send an HTTP Content-Disposition header to state that it should be treated as an attachment.
The specifics of how you achieve this depend on the server side environment you are using. JavaScript can't help you (unless you are using a server side JavaScript implemention, which is unlikely).
David Dorward
2009-11-20 11:05:27
its an ASP IIS environmnet,like you said I just tried the HTTP Content-Disposition header.this is the code i used on the ASP pageResponse.AddHeader "content-disposition","attachment; filename=test.pdf"It did invoke the file download window,but in the Save As window it didnt have the "Adobe Acrobat Document" item in the Save As Type list.It only had 'HTML Document' and 'All files'
manraj82
2009-11-20 11:22:08
Sounds like you are letting ASP continue to use its default content-type output of text/html instead of setting it to application/pdf (how you do that in ASP I have no idea, I'm happy to avoid that framework).
David Dorward
2009-11-20 11:26:12
Agreed. In more simple terms he needs to change the mime-type from application/pdf to something else that is not recognized, such as application/zzzzzzzzzz
2009-11-20 11:27:51
No. He does not need to lie about the content type. He needs to specify that the PDF is PDF (and not HTML) and use Content-Disposition to trigger a download instead of the default handler.
David Dorward
2009-11-20 11:58:20
guys i really apprecaite your comments, i tried the following code but stiil no joy.<%Response.AddHeader "content-disposition","attachment; filename=test.pdf"%>i even referred this link http://support.microsoft.com/kb/260519 but no luck.
manraj82
2009-11-20 12:11:20
As mentioned twice already — you need to specify the content-type as application/pdf too.
David Dorward
2009-11-20 12:21:52
A:
I would simply configure IIS to server .pdf files as the MIME type application/octet-stream
Ian Oxley
2009-11-20 14:19:07