Thank you, Kenneth and Christopher.
I still couldn't get it to work, nothing happens when I click the Download
button. Here is my sub.
# the Download button's name is "Action"
sub do_work {
if (param("Action") eq "Download") {
print header(-type=>"application/octet-stream", \
-attachment=>"hello.txt");
}
}
# it didn't work either when the absolute path for 'hello.txt' is provided
# absolute path: '/home/httpd/project3/hello.txt'
Sorry to bother you guys with a primitive question like this.
(The rest of the script works fine.)
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Kenneth A Graves
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 1:03 PM
To: Christopher Schmidt
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Boston.pm] allow user to download a file from web server
On Wed, 2008-01-02 at 12:57 -0500, Christopher Schmidt wrote:
> I don't think this is the best solution. Instead, one should probably
> set the "Content-Disposition: attachment;
> filename=preferred_filename.pdf" . This will tell the browser "Download
> ths file to the filename specified" -- which the browser will then
> present to the user with that filename as the default, and ask them
> where to save it, at least in lynx, Firefox, IE6/7, Safari, and Opera.
On the one hand, gives the browser a suggested filename.
On the other hand, gives the browser a file extension, therefore letting
it cheat and go looking for a plugin/helper-app.
On balance, it probably is the best way to go with a modern mix of
browsers. (IE5 I think was the one that always wanted to cheat.)
--kag
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