I'm trying to force a file download using ASP but not getting very far... I want the browser to send .pdf files to the user rather than trying to open them within IE (or wotever browser). Does anyone know what code I should use for this?
View RepliesThe below code forces a prompt to the user to open or save the .pdf file file to their local machine. It seems to work great except I have one user who can not open any .pdfs using this prompting method. He gets an error that says "File could not be found". However, if we choose the 'save' option instead, we can save the file to his local machine. He can open .pdf files from normal links to .pdf files. It's just this prompting method that is causing a problem. So, I'm perplexed.
I did some digging and found that there is also an FSO (File System Object) method (which may or may not solve my problem), but I'm not sure how to impliment the FSO or if that will even help me with this.
how would i for a browser to download a file (specifically mpgs) i can get it to go for small 4mb files, but the larger ones if they do go, take bout 15 mins to even begin the download.
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http://www.download.com/Mozilla-Fire...eatured.editor
I need to make it so that I can download a .WMV video file. because giving users the direct link doesn't work and I think its alot better than asking them to right click and save item as..
How do i force a user to download from a hyperlink as adobe pdf file, it loads up in a new window and I need them to download it, or at least give them the choice to download it.
View Replies View RelatedI am creating an asp application which is essentially a file management app. I am trying to get my head around a technically issue wonder if someone can offer some help.
I want to be able to force the download of the files are attached to a particular record.
The code which i use to force the download is:
<%
strPath = "C:MyFiles"
Set Upload = Server.CreateObject("Persits.Upload")
' Build path to file
strPath = uploadfilepathactual
Path = strPath & "" & strFileName
Upload.SendBinary Path, True, "application/octet-binary", True
%>
I want to be able to change the path to say something like
strPath = servernamec$myfiles
Is the above possible. Any other alternatives.
i am using the following code to force a file download dialog in asp
Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.ms-excel"
response.AddHeader "content-disposition","attachment; filename=" &" &
StrFileName
Now the it works fine in ie5.5 sp2 but no ie5.5 sp1 it prompts the
user twice the open dialog box.
i found on microsoft site that it bug in ie 5.5 sp1 and it says to
upgrade to sp2.
but my users are not willing to ugrade there ie. can you please help me out how can work this in ie5.5 sp1 or anyu other way to force a file download...
How do I force a pdf to be downloaded rather than opened in a browser window?
I've got the code below, which seems to work in Firefox, but in IE7 it spits out a huge page of wierd characters:
<%
Response.ContentType = "application/pdf"
FPath = server.mappath("pdf/portfolio.pdf")
Response.AddHeader "Content-Disposition","attachment; filename=" & FPath
Set adoStream = CreateObject("ADODB.Stream")
adoStream.Open()
adoStream.Type = 1
adoStream.LoadFromFile(FPath)
Response.BinaryWrite adoStream.Read()
adoStream.Close
Set adoStream = Nothing
Response.End
%>
I want to make a support-page where people can download the latest help-files (these will be in a database) but I don't know how to do this (I only know the basics of ASP).
I don't mean that, for example a pdf, should open in another window. When you click on the filename it should give the standard downoad-box 'Open', 'Save', 'Cancel'.
Does anyone know how to do this? Or maybe there is some code on the net that explains it.
I have to do something like this that a user see list of record if he would find record and want to download that list then a button should be available on page so that he could download that list in a pdf file of that record.
View Replies View Relatedcan anybody tell me how i can download all the pdf files from a web site, given the web site link as input?
I want to write a script for taking the web site link as input and on submit, get all the pdf files in that site.
I am creating a series of downloadable articles, career
tools, spreadsheets, etc. However, some of the content is
for "registered" guest. The registrants are stored in a
database and logon.
I want to ensure that someone registered cannot simply
pass someone the path to the files for download. However,
I am not creating an actual system user name for the
folders where the various documents exist.
I don't want someone to logon, retrieve the path to a
file, and be able to send that path or return to that path
without having to logon.
How do I accomplish this?
Consider the following:
serverroot/registeredcontentfolders would be protected by
a single logon name - not accessible via anonymous
access. User's logon to site and I auth them with their
user name but on the server side, auth with the single
account I am establishing for access to the protected
folders.
I have excel, word, zip, jpeg etc. files in my database.
I can view them by asp from web page but I have problems:
When I Request a file from database:
1. I click on the file it brings me the message if I want to open or download the file.
Content-type works but file name cannot be recognized.
It gives always the same name for the file.
Example: I click cv.doc file, in popup message "download or open" File Name part is always file.asp
It should show cv.doc at file name section. What is the code for it ? Below what I use but missing I guess.
This is how I request the file..
<%
rs.Open "Select * From Files Where Id=" Request.QueryString("Id" ) , connStr, 1, 3
Request.ContentType = rs("FileType" )
Request.BinaryWrite rs("FileBinary" )
%>
I am allowing user to download files from our site. I have set
<% Server.ScriptTimeout = 1200 %>
Still user get server time out error. I want it should not discontinue user ,i mean allow user to download till the end . what to do? what is the harm in it?
I have lots of files and i need to download them using an easy way. I only
cany think how to getting the files , file by file. is it a quiker way to to
this like downloading a foler o compressing them and downalod the compressed
file?
how to download files from database to a certain path. using asp and sql server 7
View Replies View RelatedI am unable to download zip files from IE browser. Everytime I click on the download button, instead of prompting me to save the file, Internet Explorer opens the zip folder instead.
I think this is because I have previously instructed IE to open zip files without prompting (there was a check box to do this). Is there any way I can revert to the original settings?
I have tried resetting my Web settings, as well as setting the Security level in the Internet Options, but to no avail. I am totally unable to download zip files using IE now.
How to set the default value so that IE prompts me to download the files than opening it in some location.
The following ASP routine allows me to force a PDF file to download rather
than show up in IE:
Response.ContentType = "application/asp-unknown" ' arbitrary
Response.AddHeader "content-disposition","attachment; filename=" & theFile
Set adoStream = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Stream")
adoStream.Open()
adoStream.Type = 1
adoStream.LoadFromFile(thePath)
Response.BinaryWrite adoStream.Read()
adoStream.Close
Set adoStream = Nothing
Response.End
This works fine for 250KB - 500KB PDF files, but I've just uploaded a 6MB file and it simply doesn't seem to do anything. The code does nothing which in turn means that the standard Save dialogue box can't find the file.
How can I make files which ie can open them, download without openning. I mean by means of which code Some files JPG MP3 etc can be downloaded.
View Replies View RelatedI want to know if there is a way to check that a file for download is downloaded completely or not. (for example i want to give permission to each user download a file just for once. but if there connection get disconnected they allow to download as much as they want until they download it completely). is there any way to understand that?
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I have a database table that can return between 1 and 12 different filenames (JPGs). I'd like to have a single button on the page that will initiate the download of all of them simultaneously. Is this possible?
I am facing problem like i need to download XML file from the BBC feeds and upload those files into my portal server. Code:
View Replies View Relatedi would like to display the files in my database...and create a link for it...then when the user click on the link,they'll immediately see the download doalog box instead of the file's contents...currently im only having a coding which will pop-up the download dialog box...
response.addheader"content-disposition","attachment;
filename=filename.ext"
I'm having trouble with my first IIS6.0 on Windows Server 2003.
The web site works fine: all ASP pages are processed and displayed normally. The problem is we are not able to download any files from the site (pdf, zip, doc, ...) When you click on a link pointing to one of these files (or if you write the file's absolute URL in the address bar of IE) you get the normal Open or Save as dialog. Whichever option you choose, the next window is an error message stating that the file cannot be downloaded. The strange part is that everything else is working fine, it is file download what fails, exclusively.
Is this something that needs to be enabled in IIS6.0? Do you know anything about this issue?
is it possible to download binary files from database(sql).. ?
View Replies View RelatedWe have a WEB-based application (developed in Visual Studio 2005) running on
handheld devices in Internet Explorer on Windows Mobile 2003. The application
needs to print tickets on a Bluetooth printer, which is accomplished by
preparing a RTF-file on the server and then downloading this file to the
handheld device. We use a third-party application (PrintPocketCE from
FieldSoftware) for the actual printing of the downloaded file. However, when
the file is about to be downloaded we first get a question saying "Download
<filename> to the My Documents folder in Main Memory?" with Yes, Change and
Cancel buttons.
Is there a way to avoid this question and download the file
directly? We need the checkbox "Open file after download" to be checked (as
it is by default when the question is displayed) to get the file processed by
PrintPocketCE after download.
To avoid adding file by file to the handheld device we always use the same
filename for the downloaded file. This leads to another question on each
download, asking whether to overwrite the previously downloaded file. Since
the file has no interest after being printed this question is always answered
with Yes. Is there a way to avoid this question too, for example by setting
some Registry value?
My main page shows a table to which a user can add data to by clicking on a button, this in turn loads up a pop up window where the data to be entered is typed. Once the data is submitted the popup window is closed via Close button, but the table on the main IE page only shows the updated information if the refresh button is clicked.
All i want to know is, is there a way of forcing refresh of the main page when the close button in the popup window is clicked. Code used for the close button:
<TD><a href="javascript:self.close()" title="Close"><IMG align="center" src="http://localhost/***/close.gif" alt="Close Window"></a></TD>
I need to find a way to force all the asp code on a web page to load
regardless if the user hits the reload or stop button on the browser.
I am seeing where more and more users are doing this and it is causing
me some problems on some pages. I would guess there is a way to do
this I am just searching for the wrong thing?
I got my excel doc to export but it has a white background, can i export it with with out the background and show the grid like a normal file
View Replies View RelatedEvery time my page loads in IE6 the navigation reloads. How do I stop this happening? It works fine in FireFox.
I do have <% response.expires = -1 %> at the top of my page. Would this affect the navigation graphics as well?Can I force a user's browser to cache the nav?
Is there a way to force a file to be saved instead of using the "default action". In my situation, I've got a series of MP3 files that are being used by my chorus as a learning tool for learning the current music quickly. I have instructions on the site telling them to save the files to their hard drives and to play them from there.
However, people are just clicking on the links and their default MP3 players are trying to play the files. Now, I have compressed the files pretty hard because some were griping about the filesizes, so if they are played right off the link, the quality is a bit choppy. If they save it to their hard drive and play it there, it sounds fine.
Is there an easy way to force ASP to display integers less than 10 thus: 01, 02, 03 etc
There must be an easier way than doing an If < 10 calculation etc. and adding a prevailing '0' - mustn't there