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February 15th, 2008, 03:00 PM
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quote:Originally posted by LenexaKS
Thanks Imar, works like a charm!
(BTW, dparsons said "big BUCK", not "big buckS". But good karma from saving an ignorant coder is its own reward.)
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LMFAO. Oh how petty flames amuse me. Of course I don't see what a simple typo has to do with being ignorant but whatever.
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February 15th, 2008, 04:00 PM
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DParsons, I'm sorry, by "ignorant" I was talking about myself, as in you guys getting good karma in return for helping an ignorant person, me. And the first sentence was a joke about how you guys didn't get paid big bucks, maybe only big buck; I had assumed you weren't recompensed at all for helping. Sorry for the poor phrasing (and thanks again for the help).
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February 15th, 2008, 04:12 PM
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Ahh. My appologies for misunderstanding. No none of us are compenstated to post on the forums we all just do it for one reason or another. Glad Imar's solution worked out for you.
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February 15th, 2008, 04:31 PM
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No problem - tone & intent are notoriously hard to judge in posts.
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February 15th, 2008, 07:03 PM
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One note for future searchers... Imar's code downloads the PDF file, but the PDF file isn't then openable. Changing the ContentType setting to "octet-stream" works great, ie:
Response.ContentType = "application/octet-stream";
There are many easily googleable ContentTypes, including, I think, "application/pdf', but the above works fine.
OK, one MORE note in case future searchers haven't used MapPath before - that code assumes that the file is in the same folder as the application, so I had to instead supply the absolute (non-URL-format) folder name, eg, "D:\folder1\folder2\".
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February 16th, 2008, 01:20 PM
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MapPath also works with folders, as long as the path is somewhere within the scope of your site. E.g.:
Server.MapPath("/SomeFolder/SomeFile.pdf")
would work as well.
If the file is not located within the site, then you need the physical path.
I think if you use application/pdf then the file is opened in the browser, not streamed.
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