Downloading Files on my ASPlogin web site
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Topic: Downloading Files on my ASPlogin web site
Posted By: Justinh
Subject: Downloading Files on my ASPlogin web site
Date Posted: 25 July 2008 at 2:40pm
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I have a .asp web site that uses asplogin. I have 100's of files that users download. For some reason or download method only allows files names with 35 characters max. That includes spaces and file name extension. Any ideas on how I might be able control that to allow longer file names?
Example of download code: <% ' This script will log a request for a file, and redirect to the appropriate file to ' download it. ' Retrieve FileInfo and page values from request Dim ftpUsername Dim ftpPassword Dim szFileInfo Dim szPage szFileInfo = Request.QueryString("FileInfo") szPage = Request.QueryString("Page") ftpUsername="xxxxxx" ftpPassword="xxxxxx" ' Figure out which file to download Dim szFileName Select Case szFileInfo Case "23hgf6587" szFileName = "shortfilename.pdf" End Select ' Set variables for log, then include log file to save record Notes = "File Download: " & szFileName PageName = szPage %> <!--#include virtual="/log.asp"--> <% ' Begin file download Response.Redirect "ftp://"& ftpUsername & ":" & ftpPassword & "@ftp.xxxxx.com/" & szFileName %> |
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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 25 July 2008 at 3:12pm
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This doesn't appear top be a very good way to protect files from being downloaded. Anyone knowing the link can download the file directly. What you want to do is have a look instead at placing the files on the server were they can not be reach using a web browser, then use the ADO.Steam object to stream the file to the browser. This way you can add password security to a file so only certain users can download the file and direct links would not work. ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: Justinh
Date Posted: 25 July 2008 at 4:41pm
| Thanks for the help. Hmm, you didn't really help with my question. The way I have it built is working. I just want to control the length of files names. |
Posted By: 123Simples
Date Posted: 25 July 2008 at 5:05pm
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Is it perhaps the fact that your server only allows a 35 character limit on filenames?
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Posted By: Justinh
Date Posted: 25 July 2008 at 9:30pm
| I wish that was the case. I know the windows part allows 255 characters and I asked our server guy to check any settings in IIS6 and he said he didn't see anything. Where on server could he look? |
Posted By: 123Simples
Date Posted: 26 July 2008 at 2:49pm
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I'm not very up on this type of asp issue, but using some keywords of your original question, I did find a few sites that explained some in depth sh!t which went right over my head, but will probably make sense to yourself: Sites are: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/aspnet/NonUSASCII.aspx - Encoding filename http://www.developer.com/net/asp/article.php/3097661 - File Uploading using ASP http://www.koders.com/asp/fid38E2F064E2054C64CF862F37537018CADDF7F498.aspx?s=smtp+server - More files using ASP Now I'm not sure of any of these 3 help or point you in the right direction or not, but looking but at your dim statements, I cant see if you should not have one to dim the actual filename length, rather than just the fileinfo Sorry but that's all I could come up with  ------------- http://www.123simples.com/" rel="nofollow - Visit 123 Simples Web Design |