Forcing File Download Save/Open dialogue

[rogerwithnell webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

I'm downloading a file using HTML <a> href.

If it is a "known" file type, then the file opens in that applications window ( a Word .doc for instance). How do I force the browser to open the File Download dialogue so that, for instance, I can save a Word .doc to disk rather than open it? Is it bit of Javascript code? Could someone send me a snippet?

Thanking you in anticipation.

[Murray *TMM*]

Zip it.

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"rogerwithnell" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> I'm downloading a file using HTML <a> href.
>
> If it is a "known" file type, then the file opens in that applications

window ( a Word .doc for instance). How do I force the browser to open the
File Download dialogue so that, for instance, I can save a Word .doc to disk
rather than open it? Is it bit of Javascript code? Could someone send me a
snippet?

>
> Thanking you in anticipation.
>
>
>
>
>
>

[Julian Roberts]

You'd have to use a server-side script to stream the file and force a
content-type. Use ASP or CF or PHP

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rogerwithnell wrote:

> I'm downloading a file using HTML <a> href.
>
> If it is a "known" file type, then the file opens in that
> applications window ( a Word .doc for instance). How do I force the
> browser to open the File Download dialogue so that, for instance, I
> can save a Word .doc to disk rather than open it? Is it bit of
> Javascript code? Could someone send me a snippet?
>
> Thanking you in anticipation.

[Julian Roberts]

I can't why Access or SQL Server would make as difference. I mean you're
only extracting a string.

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Jules
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rogerwithnell wrote:

> Thanks for your response.
>
> I code in ASP. I can download a Word .doc from a database and save
> it in the browser's machine if I use an Access database but it fouls
> up if I use SQL Server (which I have to fix!).
>
> My code is:
> Set db = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
> db.Open strConnection
>
> SQL = "SELECT * FROM Files where fFilename = '" &
> Request("fFileName") & "'"
> Set rs = db.Execute( SQL )
> If rs.EOF Then Response.End
> Response.ContentType = "application/octet-stream"
>
> ' Let the browser know the file name
> Response.AddHeader "Content-Disposition", "attachment;filename=" &
> Trim(rs("fFilename")) & ""
>
> ' Let the browser know the file size
> Response.AddHeader "Content-Length", CStr(rs("fBytesize"))
>
> ' Send actual file
> Response.BinaryWrite rs("fImage")
>
> When using SQL server, the File Download dialogue appears and on
> selecting Save and clicking OK I get an error message saying that IE
> cannot connect to the server.
>
> Any ideas?