For the record - there is a consensus that says it can be a security issue, how I'm not sure as I don't use this stuff myself and haven't really followed up on any of it.
Some people say this: "The best way to solve this problem is to educate your users. Tell them to "Right-click and select 'Save As...'.", or similar. It's simply not possible to 'force' a download in all cases, especially because IE doesn't implement HTTP properly (extraordinary behaviour for a browser!)." On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 4:11 PM, Erika L. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Here's one used with .php ... it is possible to have a .php file on the > server you use? Might be the best answer ... > > http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum88/8219.htm > > > On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 4:09 PM, Erika L. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> Ahhh - JavaScript. The link calls a function which forces it to download >> or at least call the save dialogue box. >> What that code is directly - I'd have to look up ... but I've clicked on >> links like that before ... >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Erika L. Walker wrote: >>> > What about with a normal a href link to the content? >>> That's what we got, but since the browser recognizes the extension it >>> plays the content rather then downloads it. Apparently the desire is to >>> deliver the video to clients who want it, not just have them play it >>> streaming from our site. >>> >>> Is there any easy way to configure our setup so that the video is >>> downloaded by the browser not played with any plug-in whether or not >>> such a plug-in is available? >>> >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-OT/message.cfm/messageid:650 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-OT/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.29
