I'd like to make a .doc file download to a client when they click on the

hyperlink instead of it opening in the browser window.  I want to do this

without converting it to a zip file. if anyone has any suggestions please

write.



I've tried numerous html tags such as <a href=ftp://url> or <a ftp=url> and

I tried to invent some more but nothing works.  I think it would be better

to do this with asp.



thanx jesse





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Hi there,



You can't. The action that takes place when clicking a link of a certain 

type, is determined by the browser, not by the webserver.

If the client has Microsoft Word installed, the document will open in the 

browser window by default. If Word is not installed, a Save As dialog box 

is presented.

People with Word installed, will have to right click the document and 

choose save as / save target as to save the document to their harddisk.

It may be possible to change the way the browser handles the document but 

again: this is a client side action so you need to have control over all 

your clients to change these settings.



I think a ZIP is one of your best alternatives to present the Save As 

dialog box right away.



Imar





At 06:59 AM 12/18/2000 -0800, you wrote:

>I'd like to make a .doc file download to a client when they click on the

>hyperlink instead of it opening in the browser window.  I want to do this

>without converting it to a zip file. if anyone has any suggestions please

>write.

>

>I've tried numerous html tags such as <a href=ftp://url> or <a ftp=url> and

>I tried to invent some more but nothing works.  I think it would be better

>to do this with asp.

>

>thanx jesse

>

>



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What if you did the following:



Set the Response.ContentType to something other than x-vnd/ms-word (or

whatever the Word content type is), and then streamed the binary data to the

client?



Just a thought...might not work at all.



Cheers

Ken



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From: "Imar Spaanjaars" <Imar@S...>

To: "ASP Web HowTo" <asp_web_howto@p...>

Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 6:23 PM

Subject: [asp_web_howto] Re: ftp help





> Hi there,

>

> You can't. The action that takes place when clicking a link of a certain

> type, is determined by the browser, not by the webserver.

> If the client has Microsoft Word installed, the document will open in the

> browser window by default. If Word is not installed, a Save As dialog box

> is presented.

> People with Word installed, will have to right click the document and

> choose save as / save target as to save the document to their harddisk.

> It may be possible to change the way the browser handles the document but

> again: this is a client side action so you need to have control over all

> your clients to change these settings.

>

> I think a ZIP is one of your best alternatives to present the Save As

> dialog box right away.

>

> Imar

>

>

> At 06:59 AM 12/18/2000 -0800, you wrote:

> >I'd like to make a .doc file download to a client when they click on the

> >hyperlink instead of it opening in the browser window.  I want to do this

> >without converting it to a zip file. if anyone has any suggestions please

> >write.

> >

> >I've tried numerous html tags such as <a href=ftp://url> or <a ftp=url>

and

> >I tried to invent some more but nothing works.  I think it would be

better

> >to do this with asp.

> >

> >thanx jesse







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