I clicked on the links I sent in my previous message and noticed that one of them didn't work because my mail program had split the url into two pieces at a line boundary. You may have to cut and paste the two pieces into your browser's URL box.
You can also look for the documents by their titles in Google. The titles are Appendix A: MIME Type Detection in Internet Explorer and MIME Type Handling in Internet Explorer. Francisco [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Francisco Corella" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Dennis Daupert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 9:21 AM Subject: Re: How do I force a 'Save Window?' > Dennis, > > Microsoft has documentation on how IE handles MIME types, > content-disposition headers, etc. It may be out of date, and not accurate, > but it's certainly worth reading. Have a look at: > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/networking/moniker/overview/appendix_a.as > p > > There is also a support webcast with more information: > > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=/servicedesks/webcasts/wc0111 > 01/wcblurb011101.asp > > In either document you'll see that application/octet-stream does not force a > save window because IE classifies it as an "ambiguous type". > > Note that you can always tell your users to right-click on the link and > select "Save Target As..." to get a save window. > > Francisco > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dennis Daupert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 7:10 AM > Subject: Re: How do I force a 'Save Window?' > > > > > > Thanks all for the great suggestions. This group is wonderfully helpful. > > I tried the quick route, setting MIME type to "application/octet-stream," > > and that works fine for xl spreadsheets, but I still get the same behavior > > as before with MS Project files (browser IE 5.00.3105.0106, which is one > > of the IE versions we have to support). I will need a bit more time to try > > some of the other more involved ideas , so that won't be for a few more > > days. > > > > /dennis > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > > Office phone: 817-762-8304 > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > > "Great leaders never tell people how to do their jobs. > > Great leaders tell people what to do and establish a > > framework within which it must be done. > > Then they let people on the front lines, > > who know best, figure out how to get it done." > > ~ General H. Norman Schwarzkopf > > > > > >
