On Oct 4, 9:59 pm, Mohit Sindhwani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi, > > > Our Rails application allows WAV file downloads. The user clicks on a > > link, or > > clicks a button, and the WAV file gets sent as a response, using > > send_file. > > > It looks like IE is discarding the initial WAV file and passing the > > URL to Windows > > Media Player. Windows Media Player then re-requests the file!! > > > In addition to the performance problems, this design problem causes > > failures in the > > case of the download being initiated from a POST, since the re-request > > from the > > Media Player is only a GET, not a POST. > > > How do I prevent this re-request? > > I have found that the way that works for me (I use this for PNG) is to > serve it up with the mime type 'application/unknown' so that IE does not > try to interpret what program should handle the information coming down. > > Cheers, > Mohit. > 10/5/2008 | 10:59 AM.
I tried setting the 'type' to 'application/unknown'. The problem persists. The Windows Media Player re-requests the file, using an http GET request. Any ideas? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
