You know, you just get to that point where you are absolutely convinced
that a certain solution will work. I mean its got to. You're running
out of possible permutations of how to solve the freakin' thing. Then
you save the file. refresh the browser. click the button
and....nothing. Then about 2 hours pass as you sit there staring
resentfully at your monitor wondering if the thoughts that you are
having will immediately send you to hell no matter how many times you go
to confession. Co-worker upon co-worker come to your cube to ask you
for the up-teenth million time why the "Internet is slow" and see that
you're knuckles are white and at critical mass and decide, wisely, that
now is not the time to bug you. Then the phone rings and you see that
it's the client that spawned this demon seed and while you want to reach
through the phone to tear out their lungs, you decide, wisely, that it's
not such a good idea. Then in a sheepish voice you tell them "I'll have
it ready in about another hour."
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 1:58 PM
Subject: Re: Download Text file - SOLVED???
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
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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