How to count file,how many times download

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khubaib Members Profile Find Members Posts Newbie Joined: 09 May 2005 Location: Pakistan Status: Offline Points: 36	Post Options Post Reply Quote khubaib Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: How to count file,how many times download Posted: 26 November 2005 at 7:07am
	How to count file,how many times download, any asp codes or other help thanks

dpyers Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 12 May 2003 Status: Offline Points: 3937	Post Options Post Reply Quote dpyers Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 November 2005 at 12:38pm
	Easiest way is to check your log files to see how many times the url was accessed - only counts "started" downloads though - not "finished" downloads. Another way is to have all your links point to a download manager asp program - e.g. http://dloadmanager.asp?FILE=filename.zip The download manager updates your counters and either streams the filr to them from a db or redirects them to the actual file.
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khubaib Members Profile Find Members Posts Newbie Joined: 09 May 2005 Location: Pakistan Status: Offline Points: 36	Post Options Post Reply Quote khubaib Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 27 November 2005 at 7:27am
	thanks your reply i am trying

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	Or, you write to a text file, then redirect to the file for the download to begin, either of these ways are a bit flawed, in the sense that it only counts the download initiation, and disregards whether the file was fully downloaded or not, so these counters can be faked easily. Maybe with ASP.NET there's a way to add to the counter only on download completion, but I'm not very proficient in .NET yet.
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dpyers Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 12 May 2003 Status: Offline Points: 3937	Post Options Post Reply Quote dpyers Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 27 November 2005 at 12:09pm
	If you stream the file under control of a script - e.g. the file itself is stored in a db - you can also increment a "completed download" counter but you'd have to increment your script time-out value for most files.
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