Well in the case of the Jpg, I am trying to download it goes directly to the prompt to "save or open the the CFM page not the jpg I was hoping for.
--Brad -----Original Message----- From: David Collie (itndac) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 10:37 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: force a download Same again, just coming in at the tail end of this (having deleted all previous messages).... this any good? Remember spending a day a few months ago on this and this seemed to work for all versions of IE that we tested it on (5 and above I think) <cfif FindNoCase("MSIE 5.5",CGI.USER_AGENT) GT 0> <cfheader name="content-disposition" value="filename=#sFileName#"> <cfelse> <cfheader name="content-disposition" value="attachment; filename=#sFileName#"> </cfif> <cfcontent type="text/comma-separated-value"> > Hmm still not working...The Cfheader doesn't like the lack of > a " in the value field. > > <CFHEADER NAME="content-disposition" VALUE="inline; > filename="4X4JEEP.jpg"> > <cfcontent type="unknown" > file="d:\inetpub\wwwroot\portland\medialibrary\Media\4X4JEEP.jpg" > deleteFile="No"> > > > > > Hmmm, I tryed to force a download of a jpg file with the following > > code > and > > browser tried to open the cfm page in Coldfusion Studio... Is there > another > > way to force a download? Maybe through a Metatage or Javascript? > > > > <cfcontent type="unknown/unknown" > > file="d:\inetpub\wwwroot\portland\medialibrary\Media\4X4JEEP.jpg" > > ></cfcontent> > > > > > > > > > > Fetter, Brad wrote: > > > > > > I have video, and image library on our intranet and we > want to have > > > a hyperlink that will allow the user to download the file > to their > > > hard drive without having right click > > and > > > select file save as. Is there an easy way to do this? > > > > Use cfcontent with the mime type "application/octet-stream" > (due to a > > bug in IE, IE requires the mime type "unknown/unknown" (b*tching to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] about this bug is much appreciated)). > > > > Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Host with the leader in ColdFusion hosting. Voted #1 ColdFusion host by CF Developers. Offering shared and dedicated hosting options. www.cfxhosting.com/default.cfm?redirect=10481 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
