Ok, I tried it and unfortunately it loaded it into the browser as a word
document. Any ideas as to the direction I need to point my heroic efforts
in order to prompt the user to download the file?!
-----Original Message-----
From: David E. Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 22 August 2000 14:18
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Problem with CFFTP
Keep in mind that with IE and MS-Word, Powerpoint, Excel, it sometimes takes
heroic efforts to overcome the M$ natural tendency to display the document
in the browser, as opposed to force a download.
DC
----- Original Message -----
From: "David E. Crawford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 13:14
Subject: Re: Problem with CFFTP
> To a certain extent that is true. However, by setting the appropriate
> MIME
> type for the document you can force the browser to "save" it rather than
> rendering it.
>
> DC
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andy Ewings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 13:12
> Subject: RE: Problem with CFFTP
>
>
> > I thought <CFContent> basically allows the user to read non HTML files
> > in
> > their browser window (after all the browser is just a container). I
> > don't
> > want to open the file in their browser, just let them save it to their
> > hard
> > drive and open it up in word (it's a word doc)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David E. Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: 22 August 2000 14:05
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Problem with CFFTP
> >
> >
> > <CFCONTENT> causes CF to read a file from the web server and "push" it
> > to
> > the client via the browser. <CFFILE> lets you move files around on
> the
> > web
> > server, including creating, renaming, copying and deleting.
> >
> > DC
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Andy Ewings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 13:02
> > Subject: RE: Problem with CFFTP
> >
> >
> > > Oh ok....but I still don;t see/understand how you move files from
> the
> > > web
> > > server to the client using cffile/cfcontent. I would have thought
> > cfftp
> > > would have done this by the nature of it's name! Anyone show me
> what
> > to
> > > do?!
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: David E. Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: 22 August 2000 13:56
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: Problem with CFFTP
> > >
> > >
> > > They already have the ability to specify where it is saved. That is
> > > completely a client function.
> > >
> > > DC
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Andy Ewings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 12:52
> > > Subject: RE: Problem with CFFTP
> > >
> > >
> > > > Oh.....
> > > >
> > > > How do I do that? What I am trying to do is let the user download
> a
> > > > specific file from the web server to there Hard drive but I want
> to
> > > let
> > > > them
> > > > choose where to save it. Have you got any code that will do this?
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Kevin Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > Sent: 22 August 2000 14:28
> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Subject: Re: Problem with CFFTP
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Yeah, You can't use CFFTP to move files between the cfserver and
> > > > browser.
> > > > Only between the FTP server and CF server. You have to use CFFILE
> > and
> > > > CFCONTENT to upload and download from the browser to the server
> and
> > > then
> > > > from the server to the FTP server and vice versa.
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Andy Ewings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > To: "CFTalk (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 5:56 AM
> > > > Subject: Problem with CFFTP
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > I have a problem with CFFTP. I am trying to use CFFTP to
> download
> > a
> > > > file
> > > > > onto a user hard drive. When the user clicks a button the web
> > site
> > > > creates
> > > > > a file using CFFILE and then tries to download it to C:\temp
> using
> > > > CFFTP.
> > > > > However all it is doing is saving it to C:\Temp on the web
> server!
> > > > Here
> > > > is
> > > > > my code....
> > > > >
> > > > > <cfftp action="open" username="<username>" password="<password>"
> > > > > server="<servername>" connection="temp" stoponerror="no">
> > > > > <cfoutput>
> > > > > Open Error Code: #cfftp.errorcode#
> > > > > Open Error Text: #cfftp.errortext#
> > > > > </cfoutput>
> > > > >
> > > > > <cfftp connection="temp" action="GETFILE"
> > > localfile="c:\temp\test.doc"
> > > > > remotefile="#thisdirectory#TestFile.htm" transfermode="BINARY"
> > > > > failifexists="No" stoponerror="No">
> > > > > Download Error Code: #cfftp.errorcode#<br>
> > > > > Download Error Text: #cfftp.errortext#<br>
> > > > > </cfoutput>
> > > > > <cfftp action="CLOSE" connection="cv">
> > > > >
> > > > > Both FTP operations succeed. Anyone have any ideas?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
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> > > > > Thoughtbubble Ltd
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