Actually you can control the way a link opens if your trying to push a file
when a user clicks a link. If the link is to a coldfusion page that then
grabs the file sets header info and content type.
I do this for mp3 files.
download.cfm
--start file--
<cfparam name="url.songname" default="">
<cfif trim(url.songname) neq "">
<cfset clipname = "#songname#.mp3">
<cfset clipfolder = "/var/offsite/musicfolder/songs/">
<cfif fileExists(#clipfolder##clipname#)>
<cfdirectory action="list" directory="#clipfolder#" filter="#clipname#"
name="fileSize">
<cfheader name="Content-Disposition" value="Attachment;
filename=#clipname#">
<cfheader name="Content-Length" value="#fileSize.size#">
<cfheader name="Expires" value="#Now()#">
<cfcontent type="audio/mp3" file="#clipfolder##clipname#"
deletefile="No">
</cfif>
</cfif>
--end file--
Note the cfheader tag that has the filename. Value="Attachment;
filename=3clipname#">
The keyword "Attachment" forces ALL browsers to open the Save dialog. The
other option you can use is "Inline". This allows the browsers to open files
like PDF's inline instead or forcing a download.
I also grab the file size use cfdirectory so I can push that to the browser
as well. This allows the browser to properly display the download size,
estimated download time and download progress.
Wil Genovese
Sr. Web Application Developer
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 2:09 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From my experience you can't really control the save as/open dialog from
> your end. That is generally handled by the browser and OS as they see
> fit. File formats that can be opened right there in the browser
> (images, html, text) tend to just open up in that window when you click
> the link. Most other file formats like zip, exe, or rar will generally
> prompt you. Some formats like doc, xsl, or pdf depend on if the user
> has MS Office or Acrobat plugins installed. If you want the user to
> always "save as" I think the only thing to do might be to prompt them to
> right click the link and choose save as.
>
> As far as prompting for the download immediately as soon as the page
> loads, I often times use JavaScript to set the window.location.href to
> the file and the browser will take care of the rest. Of course, IE 7
> tends to block those.
>
> ~Brad
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Is it possible to trigger a link on a web page and trigger a
> download?
> From: Rick Faircloth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thu, October 16, 2008 1:45 pm
> To: cf-talk <[email protected]>
>
> Hi, all...
>
> Before I go digging around and start trying to code a solution, I'd like
> to know if what I'm trying to do is even possible.
>
>
>
>
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