I did some reading last night and an iframe strategy appears to be the way to go. I need to figure out which headers to set to force the files to download and not serve.
Thanks, Brad > Brad, > > Maybe you could target an inline frame that then manipulates the DOM > of its parent? > > The inline frame could be the one that throws up the open dialog and > all the other stuff related to getting the file. > > It could be 1 pixel by 1 pixel and not even be noticed. > > HTH, > Randy > > On Aug 3, 2009, at 6:55 PM, Brad Perkins wrote: > >> I'm working on a AJAX page that is using a Flash based uploader for >> jQuery (Uploadify, it is nice and worth a look). >> >> When I successfully upload a document, the uploaded file details are >> inserted into an area on the current page via DOM manipulation. The >> details contain a link to the script that will serve the file. The >> link >> is not a URL to a file on disk. The script reads a file designated in >> the query params and serves the output. >> >> I have something working but the interaction is not ideal. The >> problems are: >> (1) Clicking the link takes the user away from the page where the link >> appears. >> (2) Problem 1 was partially solved by putting a target="_blank" which >> opens a new window. that it better, but still isn't ideal. >> >> What I would really like is to not disrupt or move away from the >> parent >> page, and force the appearance of the standard Open dialog with either >> the "Save As" or "Open With" options. In other words force the file to >> be downloaded and not displayed in the browser (unless they choose >> Open >> With <favorite browser). >> >> Has anyone done this before? Is it simply a matter of setting the >> right >> headers and streaming the content? > > _______________________________________________ > Active4D-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.aparajitaworld.com/mailman/listinfo/active4d-dev > Archives: http://mailman.aparajitaworld.com/archive/active4d-dev/ > _______________________________________________ Active4D-dev mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.aparajitaworld.com/mailman/listinfo/active4d-dev Archives: http://mailman.aparajitaworld.com/archive/active4d-dev/
