Darin,
Many thanks for that, it is all working perfectly for me now.
I hope I can help in return one day...
David
On 10 Mar 2014, at 14:02, Darin Schroeder wrote:
> This should be enough to get you going although i haven't used it in a
> while ...
>
> C_BLOB($PDF_X)
> $PDF_X := MyDocumentConvertedToBLOB
>
> set response header('Content-type'; 'application/pdf')
> set response header("Content-Disposition"; "attachment;
> filename="MyDocument.PDF")
> delete response header("Pragma")
> delete response header("Cache-Control")
> set content type("application/octet-stream")
>
> //Bug for IE on Windows, if the connection is SSL and NO cache/pragma and
> the file is a Pdf, doesnt work
> set cache control("")
>
> write blob($PDF_X; "application/octet-stream")
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 8:18 AM, David Wright <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> I did trawl through there before starting the thread, and I have tried
>> again this morning.
>>
>> I don't have any idea how this could work, so maybe I'm just not putting
>> the right search terms in.
>>
>> David
>>
>> On 10 Mar 2014, at 12:37, Aparajita Fishman wrote:
>>
>>> I'm pretty sure this has been discussed on the list before, search the
>> nabble archive.
>>>
>>> On Mar 10, 2014, at 11:33 AM, David Wright <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Brad,
>>>>
>>>>> Active4D serves the document. I don't have code handy to show you how
>> to do that but I think there might be an example in the Active4D documents
>> (it might have been for serving images on the fly, but the same concept
>> applies). IIRC you set a response header that will result in a download,
>> read the file from disk and stream it to the user.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you very much for the overview.
>>>>
>>>> It is this part (quoted above) which I'm struggling with. Basically I
>> need to make an Active4D page read a PDF file and display it without
>> revealing its path.
>>>>
>>>> I just need kicking in the right direction...
>>>>
>>>> All the best,
>>>>
>>>> David Wright
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>>>
>>> Aparajita
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