Deanna, Thank you for the information. Is there a way to reproduce this problem, since I cannot seem to do so?
I did some further testing and it appears that CFMX, for the most part, is determining the MIME-type from the file extension, since I am able to add .pdf to any file type to get it past the application/pdf mime type restriction. Thank you, Mike Chabot On 3/6/06, Deanna Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Application/octet-stream is what you'll get if the pdf is open on their > system when they try to upload it. I don't know of a really great work > around, other than catching that particular error and telling them to be > sure to close it before uploading it. > > On 3/6/06, Mike Chabot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > We have a file upload form that only accepts PDF files. A very small > > percentage of people have tried to upload files that end in ".pdf," > > but CFMX 6.1 rejects them because they have MIME types of > > "application/octet-stream" or "application/unknown." Since these files > > could not be uploaded, I am not sure if these files are legitimate > > PDFs, so I would like to know if anyone else has experience with this, > > or if there is some advice I can give to the people experiencing these > > problems? At what stage of the upload process does the MIME-type get > > associated with the file? > > > > Thank you, > > Mike Chabot ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:234297 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
