> > Ok....I'm not entirely sure why, but by making the link open a new window
(hence
> > using the target="_blank" tag addition) it is now working.
>
>hmm, that doesn't work for me...
>
> > After reading some more faqs...it seems that MSIE does not treat HTTPS as a
> > valid protocol for downloading files....hence you need to get straight to
the
>
>Could you give me some pointers about MSIE not treating HTTPS for
>downloading files right?
...
>Dirk
As I said with the _blank method....I haven't figured out why so I'm not sure
what exactly makes it work.
All I know about MSIE and protocols is that they explicitly list:
NOTE: Valid protocols include: http://, news://, gopher://, telnet://, ftp://,
and mailto://.
under their list of valid protocols.
Now generally people might assume that HTTPS:// should be included as it is a
derivative of the http:// protocol, but I'm guessing that Microsoft have
implemented some kind of correctness checking on every URL that it gets passed,
and when it initiates a download it runs this check and rejects the URL
Of course 90% of this is pure conjecture, but you can read
http://support.microsoft.com/support/serviceware/windows/win98/76GDPJJDM.ASP and
make your own conclusions.
I guess it's also possible that the server software and more recent releases of
MSIE change how it works.
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