LOL!!!
----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 5:07 AM
Subject: Re: Download Text file - SOLVED!!
> Much thanks to all for your help. I implemented Brendan's idea and it
> worked.
>
> We had to save these things in text files because they are press
> releases and had to be kept that way. The client wanted a "Download
> now" button that was actually a hyperlink that was supposed to simply
> download the file. The client was also very insistent that the page not
> submit to a "Confirmation" page and wanted it to look as if it "just did
> it without bouncing through a whole bunch of pages" So, I used a cfif
> block to look for a certain parameter and passed the successful value
> back through the same template and then executed the code as Brendan
> suggested. So it ended up like this.
>
> <cfif thisvariable eq "true">
> <cfheader NAME="Content-Disposition" VALUE="inline;
> filename=whateveryouwanttheresultingfilenametobe.txt">
> <cfcontent type="application/superrandomnoway"
> file="#expandpath("test.txt")#" deletefile="No">
> </cfif>
>
> ..
>
> <a
> href="http://www.thispage.com/thispage.cfm?thisvariable=true";><img
> src="images/downloadimage.jpg"></a>
>
> Thanks again everyone for your help. I actually still have four hairs
> left on my head. I plan on growing them really long and then doing a
> combover.
>
> Michael Corrigan
> Programmer
> Endora Digital Solutions
> 1900 S. Highland Avenue, Suite 200
> Lombard, IL 60148
> 630/627-5200 x-136
> 630/627-5255 Fax
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brendan Avery
> To: CF-Community
> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 6:30 PM
> Subject: RE: Download Text file - HAHAHA
>
>
> <cfheader NAME="Content-Disposition" VALUE="inline;
> filename=whateveryouwanttheresultingfilenametobe.txt">
> <cfcontent type="application/superrandomnoway"
> file="#expandpath("test.txt")#" deletefile="No">
>
>
> i chose application/superrandomnoway cause it's unlikely to launch any
> related apps.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Todd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 15:14
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Download Text file
>
>
> I guess you could use <cfcontent> and set some mime type that would
> normaly
> cause a download prompt.
>
> Todd
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 4:47 PM
> Subject: Download Text file
>
>
> > OK, I know this is an HTML 101 question, but I can not for the life
> of
> > me remember how to do this. How can I download a text file by
> simply
> > allowing the user to click on a link? Normally, you just treat it
> like
> > any other non html file and the browser will invoke the explorer
> window
> > and give you the change to "Save as..." but the .txt file just shows
> up
> > in the browser. Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?
> >
> > Thanks all,
> >
> > Michael Corrigan
> > Programmer
> > Endora Digital Solutions
> > 1900 S. Highland Avenue, Suite 200
> > Lombard, IL 60148
> > 630/627-5200 x-136
> > 630/627-5255 Fax
>
>
>
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