There was a patch posted sometime ago that forces the browser to
initiate a download by setting the Content-Disposition header element
rather than inline viewing if the file is over a specific file size.
The patch is found here:
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=319984&aid=1751638&gro
up_id=19984
The patch sets the threshold to 20 mb. I've never seen problems with
files smaller than 10 mb, but set the threshold in the code to 5 mbs.
--TR
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Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 12:49 PM
To: Thornton, Susan M. (LARC-B702)[NCI INFORMATION SYSTEMS];
dspace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: Smail, James W. (LARC-B702)[NCI INFORMATION SYSTEMS]; Lowe, Greta M.
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Subject: Re: [Dspace-tech] Problem opening documents larger than 6K in
DSpace using Firefox
Sue:
Yes, this is a problem with DSpace and Firefox that we at Cornell
University have had for a while. With DSpace 1.3.2, it was only a
problem with older versions of Firefox. However, once we went to 1.4.2,
the problem started happening with all the versions of Firefox.
By the way, I am assuming that you mean 6MB and not 6KB. That is size
where we run into problems.
The viewing of object larger than 6MB works fine in IE. I haven't
experimented with any other browsers.
I tell people who are having the problem to do the following:
1) Right click on the View/Open link
2) Select "Save Link As"
3) Save it on your PC and then you can open it without any problems.
I don't know if there is a fix.
At 03:10 PM 6/25/2008, Thornton, Susan M. (LARC-B702)[NCI INFORMATION
SYSTEMS] wrote:
We have a DSpace 1.4.2 User that is having a problem opening some of the
documents in our repository. I noticed he was using FireFox and found
something in the DSpace archives about an issue opening documents larger
than 6K in DSpace using Firefox. Can someone comment on this and if it
is an issue, are there plans to correct it? A lot of our Users use
Firefox.
Thanks in advance,
Sue
Sue Walker-Thornton
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