I went through the same problem. the simplest solution with browsers like IE
5.5 is to click with the right buttom on the link an choose "save this
location". You could mention this on the your page in a "if you have trouble
dwonloading" sentence.
a very stable solution would be to make a se
I went through the same problem. the simplest solution with browsers like IE
5.5 is to click with the right buttom on the link an choose "save this
location". You could mention this on the your page in a "if you have trouble
dwonloading" sentence.
a very stable solution would be to make a se
ss everything through the URL to force a download.
Hope that helps too.
Tim Frank
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On 22/08/01, 5:47:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pierre-Yves
Hi
This is the way I force save prompt on .html files .maybe useful (only
tested on ie) looks wierd but it works :)
Tom
At 06:10 AM 23/08/01, David Minor wrote:
>I ran some tests of different header configurations of 6 browser/platform
>combinations to find out what worked and what didn't
ttachment button also, because I
gave
> up on trying
> to find a script to force download
>
> py
>
>
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Subject: [PHP] Re: force download in IE -- conclusion
> I ran some tests of different header configurations of 6 browser/platform
> combinations to find out what worked and what didn't. I didn't cover all
of
> the platform
I ran some tests of different header configurations of 6 browser/platform
combinations to find out what worked and what didn't. I didn't cover all of
the platforms available, just those that my user-base uses, so this isn't
complete.
combinations tested was IE5.5, NN4, NN6 for Windows 98 and I
Some versions of IE will "sniff" the file to determine what type it is
rather than taking your word for it that you REALLY want to download the
file. From my memory this is IE 4, and IE 5.5 where this is a problem.
The way I dealt with this is to totally make up an application type th
on 8/20/01 12:07 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This gave the same result: it launches the helper app.
Please help!!
Regards.
dm
> Have you tried this?
>
> header("Content-Type: application/x-octet-stream");
> header("Content-Description: MP3 file");
>
> David Minor wrote:
>
>> Can anybody t
Have you tried this?
header("Content-Type: application/x-octet-stream");
header("Content-Description: MP3 file");
David Minor wrote:
> Can anybody tell me why this doesn't work in IE? I need to force download
> mp3 files instead of IE5.5 trying to apply a helper app. This code works
> fine fo
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