I don't personally have a pdf generator, but I can reproduce it with an excel file, for example. It only happens with IE, though - Firefox correctly figures out the mime type. But, if you open an excel file with Microsoft Excel, and then try to upload it via your web page and IE, you'll discover that it thinks it's an application/octet-stream.
On 3/6/06, Mike Chabot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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:4:234301 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
