RE: FN-FORUM: Stop PDF's automatically opening

date posted 31st March 2008 15:17

You could also try:


ForceType application/octet-stream
Header set Content-Disposition attachment


in a .htaccess file for the directory with the PDFs in it (using Apache).

I did hear that Internet Explorer doesn't cope with the force-download
requests like this one and the one below very well. I've not tested this
myself though. The save as... solution would work even if force-download
directives don't.


>
> if yr php based try force-download with header()
>
> (im sure there is a M$ equiv but i dont know it)=20
>
> header('Content-type: application/force-download');
>
> read here:
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> http://www.php.net/header=20
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> Kind regards=20
>
>
> Brendan Oliver
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> we cannot accept responsibility for situations where this is not the =
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of Brian
> Lycett
> Sent: 31 March 2008 16:15
> To: Brendan Oliver
> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Stop PDF's automatically opening
>
>
>
> This behaviour is controlled by the browser. The user would need to
> configure their settings. I'm not sure if you can configure the acrobat
> plugin to prompt the user, though of course the user can always
> right-click and select "save link as..."
>
>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Anyone know any code or java script that will stop a PDF automatically
>> opening or at least give the user the option to download or open? =
> Rather
>> then just opening automatically.
>>
>> Kind Regards
>> Ashley Harvey
>> 07967 791738
>> www.adhwebcreations.co.uk
>>
>>
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