> -Original Message-
> From: Shannon Murdoch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 2:29 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Auto-initialising a client-side download
>
> ...
> I changed the header type to application/vnd.ms-excel
, even
if the PC hasn't got MS Excel.
Thanks for the Perl-related suggestions RaFaL.
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rafal Pocztarski)
> Newsgroups: perl.beginners.cgi
> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 14:33:37 +0100
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Auto-initialising a client-side down
r-Verein in Kiel e. V.
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> Newsgroups: perl.beginners.cgi
> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 22:12:23 +0100
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Auto-initialising a client-side download
>
> Shannon,
>
> did you try my idea to zip the file? Even Intern
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brett W. McCoy) writes:
> > I think it would be good to have an online searchable database of this
> > newsgroup, so you don't have to download every message to see if your
> > question has already been answered a few days or weeks ago! =)
>
> Shannon --
>
> Actually, there i
Shannon,
did you try my idea to zip the file? Even Internet Explorer should
recognize this as a compressed file. Compressed files must be downloaded
first and should be expanded automatically when the browser is
configured correctly.
As Mac user, you may prefer StuffIt for compression (give your
Shannon Murdoch wrote:
>
> Don't take offense RaFaL =)
No, I'm just saying that you haven't read all of my message, because you
assumed that I don't know how to quote previous messages properly. But I
do, and in fact I did even before Internet was known to the public, and
that's because you will
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close(OUT);
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rafal Pocztarski)
> Newsgroups: perl.beginners.cgi
> Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 13:58:47 +0100
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Auto-initialising a client-side download
>
> Shannon Murdoch wrote:
>>
>> Oh, I only just fo
ndow (bugger).
>
> Any ideas?
>
> -Shan
>
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rafal Pocztarski)
> > Newsgroups: perl.beginners.cgi
> > Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 13:58:47 +0100
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Auto-initialising a client-side download
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> Newsgroups: perl.beginners.cgi
> Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 13:58:47 +0100
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Auto-initialising a client-side download
>
> Shannon Murdoch wrote:
>>
>> Oh, I only just found there was more beyond the first quoted block of text!
>> I'll
Shannon Murdoch wrote:
>
> Oh, I only just found there was more beyond the first quoted block of text!
> I'll look in to it now.
That's because most of people here can't quote at all. There is always
more text below any quoted text im my messages. Why would I quote
anything if I did't want to co
Oh, I only just found there was more beyond the first quoted block of text!
I'll look in to it now.
Thanks Rafal!
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rafal Pocztarski)
> Newsgroups: perl.beginners.cgi
> Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 13:20:43 +0200
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re:
Oh, I only just found there was more beyond the first quoted block of text!
I'll look in to it now.
Thanks Rafal!
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rafal Pocztarski)
> Newsgroups: perl.beginners.cgi
> Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 13:20:43 +0200
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re:
Shannon Murdoch wrote:
> That's correct Rafal,
> All I want is a save dialog to come up asking if or where they want to save
> the text file, instead of viewing it. I'm sure download.com and
> versiontracker.com both use some sort of auto-download initiator script...
Does the idea I suggested w
ECTED] (Rafal Pocztarski)
> Newsgroups: perl.beginners.cgi
> Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 16:01:18 +0200
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Auto-initialising a client-side download
>
> Brent Michalski wrote:
>
>> This cannot be done. It would be a HUGE security hole if i
Brent Michalski wrote:
> This cannot be done. It would be a HUGE security hole if it was possible!
> You may have the best intentions in the world with your application, but
> there are many others out there who like to damage other people's
> computers...
I don't think Shannon wanted to automa
Shannon,
I think your main intention is to enforce the clients to download the
file instead of just display the content. You may achieve this by
compressing the file to e. g. zip-format. Compressed files always will
be downloaded first and then expanded.
Cheers
Stephan
--
Dipl.-Chem. Stephan
On Wed, 24 Oct 2001, Shannon Murdoch wrote:
> I think it would be good to have an online searchable database of this
> newsgroup, so you don't have to download every message to see if your
> question has already been answered a few days or weeks ago! =)
Shannon --
Actually, there is an archive
Shannon,
This cannot be done. It would be a HUGE security hole if it was possible!
You may have the best intentions in the world with your application, but
there are many others out there who like to damage other people's
computers...
Imagine if you could set your script to automatically downl
Hi all,
I'm writing a script that will require a text file on my http server to be
downloaded (*not viewed in browser window*) by the script's activator.
Let's say the text file is called 'bobby.txt' and is located in the same
directory as the cgi script. ( The full URL that will end up being u
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