See screenshot. When creating a direct link to a file to be downloaded, IE offers a checkbox to remember the setting. When pushing a file to the client using a script, this checkbox never seems be shown. Is there a way to force its visibility?
René
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I can't say for sure without seeing your download script, but I'm pretty sure the checkbox gets shown when the MIME content type of the requested resource is something meaningful (e.g.application/msword).
My guess is that your download script serves application/octet-stream as the content type.
You would have to make your script serve application/msword as the content type.
Pekka
2010-09-02 11:10:31
Unfortunately it does not depend on the MIME type. I tried all kinds of variations including applictaion/msword: no checkbox.The checkbox is there for direct links or when linking to an ASPS that redirects to the target file.As soon as AJAX enters the ring it won't work: answer request with creation of a hidden iframe, put a form in the iframe and post --> no checkbox, although same MIME type and attachment in both cases.
Krumelur
2010-09-02 12:37:48
@Krumelur how does the ASPS redirect to the target file?
Pekka
2010-09-02 13:35:09
It's in an AJAX environment. Therefore the client submits a form in a hidden iframe. The form's action is pointing to the file to download. Download is initiated but IE won't show the checkbox.
Krumelur
2010-09-04 13:58:24
@Krumelur how about pointing to a script that does a `302` redirect to the download script? Maybe it has a problem with the URL being a form target
Pekka
2010-09-04 14:03:13