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    Posted: 18 May 2003 at 9:31pm
Does anyone here know the script for force-downloading a PDF file other than right-clicking the link? I've tried a few but they don't seem to work. I've also read the help/explanation/tutorial/whatever on the topic but they only get me more confused. Any help here?
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One way is to change the content-type and stream it to the user.

But in the end, its up to the user whether they want to download it or view it in their browser. Thats why we have the option of changing it ourselves.

I'd be a little pissed off if you tried to make my mind up for me!

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I totally agree with you, Bunce. In my case, though, I have to make the decisions for those people since the PDF files are quite huge (approximately 500KB). Opening them online is definitely not a good idea.

What I have in mind is when they click the link, the Save As dialog box would appear and they have the option to save it or open it online. I've tried a number of scripts but somehow they don't work.

Can you help?

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I assume you know your users then as 500KB is nothing to people on broadband.

Anyway, unless you show us your code we can't help. Try these links (which I found from google...its your friend!)

http://216.239.37.100/search?q=cache:rjeLVz7UF0cJ:www.experts-exchange.com/Developer/Web/Q_20523315.html+how+force+pdf+download&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtech/110100-1.shtml

http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/4906

http://www.aspalliance.com/shark/articles/DnldFiles/DnldDoc.aspx
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pdf.asp:

<% response.ContentType ="application/pdf" %> 
<!--#include virtual="/myfile.pdf" -->
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Zip them
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Originally posted by Mart Mart wrote:

pdf.asp:

<% response.ContentType ="application/pdf" %> 
<!--#include virtual="/myfile.pdf" -->

I suppose.. but how would you do it if you have 10 PDF files in one page? Would you use 10 include virtuals?
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Originally posted by karp13 karp13 wrote:

Zip them

Yup.. a perfect solution.. but it would defeat the purpose. I did say I want to download a PDF file, didn't I? The problem with my users is they are of an older generation and not really as net-savvy as us. Even a step-by-step instruction would be too difficult for some of them. Believe me.. I know. To my everlasting frustation.
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