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netnatter

I have a pdf file on my site with a link to download it.

I can count the number of hits on the page with the link but how can I count
how many times it has actually been downloaded?

Jaez
 
Hello,
I can count the number of hits on the page with the link but how can I
count how many times it has actually been downloaded?
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You have this information in the IIS log (more precisely the number of times
the link as been clicked).

If you need to get this info programmtically rathern than putting a link to
the PDF file, you could put a link to a page that will stream the file to
the browser. This way this page (or a handler) can do whatever you want
before streaming the file (such as counting). See :
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/12s31dhy(VS.80).aspx and search for
this method on the web for tons of example...
 
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