asp_web_howto thread: Non-Html Document File Protection...
Hello,
I am trying to write a helper file that would enable a session based
security system limit users' access to files like word docs or pdf's...
Basically, I want my asp files to be surrounded with the security model
code, then launch the appropriate Mime headers & then point to a file in a
non-web-accessible directory, and output its content.
I have to admit my ASP skills are a bit rusty, but I have done this in
other Server-Side languages like Perl & PHP... The last step that I have
not been able to figure out, yet is the file output. It doesn't seem like
a necessarily need to read and display the content line-by-line (that only
produces unreadable binary code, anyway)... All I need to do is launch
the file... Is this impossible?
Thanks,
john