I can just see it!!!! (esp. the twitch)
Benjamin
ps... know how you feel... been through that kind of thing too many times
myself
----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 6:50 AM
Subject: Re: Download Text file - SOLVED???
> You thought THAT was funny. We just got around to testing it in I.E.
> 5.x on a Mac and lo and behold, it wasn't working! It was trying to
> download the actual .cfm template that was being loaded in the browser
> so now we're trying to do a work around. When we were discussing this
> page in our planning meetings all 4 of us came to a very quick
> conclusion that we'll just make a link to the file and be done with it.
> When I struggled with it, the senior developer, in the manner of John
> Wayne coming to the rescue, said "just give it to me, I'll have it fixed
> in like 10 minutes..." A day later and we're still trying to make the
> damned thing work. He called the client yesterday, while I was out,
> begging the client to let us change the format but the client said no
> way! Then Brendan handed me the solution. It took me all of 10 minutes
> to adapt the code and voila! Then the senior developer, the John Wayne
> guy who was more like Jerry Lewis after dealing with this, began his
> testing on all of the different platforms and OS's and CRASH!!! The
> solution? Use JavaScript to detect what they're using and then giving
> them the appropriate instructions. Now, not only have I lost those four
> hairs, but now I have developed a twitch in my left eye. See ya in the
> loony bin!!!!
>
> 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: Benjamin Falloon
> To: CF-Community
> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 1:33 PM
> Subject: Re: Download Text file - SOLVED!!
>
>
> 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
> >
> >
> >
>
>
______________________________________________________________________
Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more
resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
