Surprised you are not using the cURL library to handle downloading like this.
Ignore me if this is totally irrelevant :) - Andrew -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alfred Reynolds Sent: Monday, 23 October 2006 3:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [hlds] IE7 and HTTP fast download issue We are working on a fix for the problem, should have something next week. The bug is that the IE7 COM control now returns corrupt data ocassionally for the document complete event, we are writing code to counter that. - Alfred Father dougal wrote: > -- > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > tut tut http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=489017 > and > from what i heard its nothing to do with valve its something micro > wank has > changed in IE7 maybe u should join the other hundred people who have > reported this to both microsoft and valve and they keep pointing the > finger > at each other :) > > > > On 22/10/06, Matt Albiniak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> If anyone finds this alleged IE7 fix that's in the steam forums, can >> you please share the link with the rest of us? >> >> On 10/22/06, ShootMe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> is it a client-based fix or a server-based fix? (search-function >>> doesn't work in steamboard forums so i didn't find until now) >>> >>> if its a client-based fix you could forget it - and server-admins >>> will have to decide if they would kill their servers with custom >>> maps due removing fast-download or to loose players with IE7. >>> >>> A server-based fix (if possible) is mandatory or a client-based fix >>> which could be provided with a regular steam-update that the user >>> has no manual work to do. >>> >>> IE7 will be installed automatically through auto-update soon on >>> WinXP Clients, so there should be a fix asap. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Thomas >>> >>> Father dougal wrote: >>>> -- >>>> [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] >>>> u should realy look on steampowered.com forums as there is a fix >>>> for this allready :) and it is a fix as my other pc is running >>>> VISTA and i had to use it ;) >>>> >>>> On 22/10/06, Saint K. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Bug confermed, we're dealing with the same issue here :( >>>>> >>>>> Saint K. >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "Roman Hatsiev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>>> Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 2:56 PM >>>>> Subject: [hlds] IE7 and HTTP fast download issue >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> This is something that is haunting IE7 users since first beta >>>>>> releases - if fast downloads are enabled on server sometimes an >>>>>> attempt to download missing file via HTTP just crashes the game. >>>>>> IE7 was released few days ago and now we are receiving increasing >>>>>> number of complains about this issue. The only workaround is to >>>>>> disable fast downloads but it is quite poor solution actually. >>>>>> Dear Valve gurus, any plans to fix this issue? >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> Roman >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>> archives, please visit: >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>> >> >> >> -- >> Matt Albiniak >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >> archives, please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> > -- > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
