Further to this, I did end up going with the iframe solution. Basically i created an iframe 1 pixel by 1pixel with the source being the coldfusion file that streams the document. The rest of the page is the information page. Works a treat.
"Jason Barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi, > > I currently am streaming pdf files from a secure directory (above the > webroot) which all works great. The only problem I have is the client > wants a message to be displayed while the file is loading. My problem is > as there is a CFHeader telling the browser it is a PDF file the browser of > course immediately loads the plugin so nothing can be displayed while the > file is loading. > > I know I could load a second popup with this information but i think this > looks clumsy and would be annoying. Another way to do it would be to show > the html page first then simply refresh to the streamed file but again why > make the user wait at all when most files will download pretty quickly. > > Any suggestions for how I should handle this? > > Cheers, > Jason. > > > --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/
