[WSG] PDF no chance to open in browser !?

2006-08-25 Thread Gaspar
Hello everyone, I try to find this in http://www.mail-archive.com/listdad%40webstandardsgroup.org cause it seems to me that i had already seen this discuss here but i dont find nothing. My doubt is, i got some brochures of products in PDF, some of then have 500Kb or a little more. I have seen

Re: [WSG] PDF no chance to open in browser !?

2006-08-25 Thread Matthew Pennell
On 8/25/06, Gaspar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And anyone knows a way of doing that, myme type?! httpconfig?! .htaccess ?? I think you're out of luck - the configuration of what filetypes the browser can handle is specific to the end-user's machine, not something you can control from a webpage.

Re: [WSG] PDF no chance to open in browser !?

2006-08-25 Thread Gaspar
i already have made that a info box tell them to save link as or save target as but i make some text with some old coleagues , about 50 years old, with a few experience in internet. And like others with more experience they dont look to the box. On 25/08/06, Matthew Pennell [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [WSG] PDF no chance to open in browser !?

2006-08-25 Thread Christian Heilmann
Hello everyone, I try to find this in http://www.mail-archive.com/listdad%40webstandardsgroup.org cause it seems to me that i had already seen this discuss here but i dont find nothing. My doubt is, i got some brochures of products in PDF, some of then have 500Kb or a little more. I have seen

Re: [WSG] PDF no chance to open in browser !?

2006-08-25 Thread Martin Heiden
Gaspar, on Friday, August 25, 2006 at 16:27 Matthew wrote: On 8/25/06, Gaspar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And anyone knows a way of doing that, myme type?! httpconfig?! .htaccess ?? I think you're out of luck - the configuration of what filetypes the browser can handle is specific to the

Re: [WSG] PDF no chance to open in browser !?

2006-08-25 Thread Nick Fitzsimons
On 25 Aug 2006, at 14:21, Gaspar wrote: Sow iam thiking of in a way of dont give the chance to user open the PDF in browser instead of that compel the pdf to prompt be download or open width choose program . You can use the Content-disposition HTTP header: Content-disposition: attachment;

RE: [WSG] PDF no chance to open in browser !?

2006-08-25 Thread Richard Conyard
If you have control over how the PDF is returned then you can add the following header, or similar to (this one is in ASP): Call Response.AddHeader( Content-Disposition, attachment;filename=yourfile.pdf ) -Original Message- From: listdad@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [WSG] PDF no chance to open in browser !?

2006-08-25 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Martin Heiden wrote: Gaspar, You can send the pdf with a custom mime-type like x-application/x-pdf. Or a generic standard one like AddType application/octet-stream pdf in your httpd.conf or .htaccess P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux