On 15 Aug 2000, at 8:47, Jeremy Wadsack wrote about 
Re: [analog-help] tracking pdf files:

> depending on the version of PDF viewer that your clients are
> using, and depending on the size, each request for the PDF file may
> not correspond to 'hits'. Acrobat 4+ will often download PDf documents
> on page at a time, rather than completely. [...]

> So the best you can do is find
> out how many requests were made, not how many 'hits' (if my
> distinction is clear). Alternately, you could include the total bytes
> (B) column in your Request Report and divide it by the size of the
> file to get an averag number of full-document-downloads.

I use a different method (not sure if this would be a Win only thing 
or a config issue, but I used to get it only on a NT server). 
Since only the first request for each PDF file got a "200" 
reply, while the other ones got a "206", adding a STATUSEXCLUDE 206 I 
could have a "clean" count of PDF downloads.

ciao

Massimo

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