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hi

i have inserted an image on my page which is a link to a customer feedback
form. But when I click on the image/link the link does not initiate download
of that file.

any help would be appreciated.

thanks and regards
 
If it's an "open-able" file (.pdf, .doc, etc) it won't initate a "download"
it will open - if that's what you mean. You can force a download dialog by
zipping the feedback form.


| hi
|
| i have inserted an image on my page which is a link to a customer feedback
| form. But when I click on the image/link the link does not initiate
download
| of that file.
|
| any help would be appreciated.
|
| thanks and regards
| --
| Shehbaz Afzal, MCP Windows XP
 
Thanks Rob, I was hoping you wouldnt say that, is there anyway i can force
the document, Word doc to download and not initiate a 'open' but download?
Most of my customers probabaly wont know how to use a zipped file so ia m
trying to make things as simple as possible.

You see even at the moment the doc doesnt open although i have Word
installed on my machine, it produces an error page.
 
There are 4 ways to force a download of a Word document, rather than
open it in the browser (it has to download anyway to open in the
browser):

1) Place the document in a zip file
2) Right click the link and choose "Save target as"
3) Change the registry of all users who may wish to download the
document.
4) Detect the browser, and only supply the link to non-IE browsers.
Non-IE browsers will always download a Word document.

1) always works, but requires the user to unzip it - this is simplicity
itself with Windows XP and Windows ME

2) relies on the user being able to understand any instructions you add
to the link

3) and 4) Probably not very practical, and 3) cannot be done from a web
page.

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Hmmm..dunno. I would be guessing to say maybe modifying how the server
handles the mime type .doc ??? But, you'd have to wait till one of the gurus
herein wake up this morning :-)

But if it's throwing an error now, there's something else going on too.


| Thanks Rob, I was hoping you wouldnt say that, is there anyway i can force
| the document, Word doc to download and not initiate a 'open' but download?
| Most of my customers probabaly wont know how to use a zipped file so ia m
| trying to make things as simple as possible.
|
| You see even at the moment the doc doesnt open although i have Word
| installed on my machine, it produces an error page.
| --
| Shehbaz Afzal, MCP Windows XP
|
|
| "Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:
|
| > If it's an "open-able" file (.pdf, .doc, etc) it won't initate a
"download"
| > it will open - if that's what you mean. You can force a download dialog
by
| > zipping the feedback form.
| >
| >
| > | > | hi
| > |
| > | i have inserted an image on my page which is a link to a customer
feedback
| > | form. But when I click on the image/link the link does not initiate
| > download
| > | of that file.
| > |
| > | any help would be appreciated.
| > |
| > | thanks and regards
| > | --
| > | Shehbaz Afzal, MCP Windows XP
| >
| >
| >
 
Thanks guys, I had a play about on the host server MIME settings and it works
now.

Thanks alot
 
Non-IE browsers will always download a Word document.

Firefox present a dialog to open or save. Dialog has a checkbox to save your
preference.

Bob Lehmann
 
I strongly believe that we should not try to 'force' anything to happen ...
opening docs, downloading something. If viewers can't read directions ....
that's their problem. The viewer needs a chance to always ACCEPT something.
 
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