Dreamweaver - Auto download PDF?

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Auto download PDF?

Walt F. Schaefer

2006-01-23, 6:20 am

My client publishes a newsletter (paper). They want copies on their website.
I get 2 copies from the publisher, a hi-res for download and printing and a
lo-res for online viewing. I want the link for the hi-res to automatically
download the file, not open it. I know I can give the user instructions,
"Right click, select Save as..." but I would prefer to make the process
simpler.

Is it possible to configure a link for a PDF so a left-click automatically
starts the download process?

Thanks.

Walt

Nelson Therrien

2006-01-23, 6:20 am

Hi Walt,

I may be wrong, but I don't think it's possible, 'cause allowing this would
mean that anybody could save what they want on your computer when you browse
a page... Of course, if the OS doesn't recognize the file extension or don't
have any default software to open it, it will prompt you to save it... but
most people just open .pdf in a browser window.

Nelson

P.S. hope someone will tell if I'm wrong...

"Walt F. Schaefer" <walt@waltswebworx.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
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> My client publishes a newsletter (paper). They want copies on their
> website.
> I get 2 copies from the publisher, a hi-res for download and printing and
> a
> lo-res for online viewing. I want the link for the hi-res to automatically
> download the file, not open it. I know I can give the user instructions,
> "Right click, select Save as..." but I would prefer to make the process
> simpler.
>
> Is it possible to configure a link for a PDF so a left-click automatically
> starts the download process?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Walt
>
>

jcdesigns

2006-01-23, 6:20 am

I believe zipping the file is the only way to make this happen. I'm not a pro though, so if there is another way, I wouldn't mind knowing that too.

Cary

2006-01-23, 6:22 am

No there isn't.

It's up to the browser on the user's machine, and the user controls that,
not the web designer.

"Walt F. Schaefer" <walt@waltswebworx.com> wrote in message
news:dqqtde$516$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> My client publishes a newsletter (paper). They want copies on their
> website.
> I get 2 copies from the publisher, a hi-res for download and printing and
> a
> lo-res for online viewing. I want the link for the hi-res to automatically
> download the file, not open it. I know I can give the user instructions,
> "Right click, select Save as..." but I would prefer to make the process
> simpler.
>
> Is it possible to configure a link for a PDF so a left-click automatically
> starts the download process?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Walt
>
>

jcdesigns

2006-01-23, 6:22 am

Crap, I stand corrected. Like I said, I'm not a pro. I just talked to our IT
guy. Cary is right, its what they have their machine set too. My comp happened
to be set that way, so it worked for me, and dumb XXX me assumed that it would
work everywhere. Sorry about that Walt.

Joe Makowiec

2006-01-23, 6:22 am

On 20 Jan 2006 in macromedia.dreamweaver, Walt F. Schaefer wrote:

> My client publishes a newsletter (paper). They want copies on their
> website. I get 2 copies from the publisher, a hi-res for download
> and printing and a lo-res for online viewing. I want the link for
> the hi-res to automatically download the file, not open it. I know I
> can give the user instructions, "Right click, select Save as..." but
> I would prefer to make the process simpler.
>
> Is it possible to configure a link for a PDF so a left-click
> automatically starts the download process?

Have a look here:

Message-ID: <c5cqr1lm4v9vm5prltpras4p0qkmn53bur@4ax.com>

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Email: http://makowiec.net/email.php

Gary White

2006-01-23, 6:23 am

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 06:51:23 -0800, "Walt F. Schaefer"
<walt@waltswebworx.com> wrote:

>Is it possible to configure a link for a PDF so a left-click automatically
>starts the download process?

Contrary to all the no's you got, it can be done by modifying the
headers sent in response to the browser's request for the document. This
requires a bit of server side scripting. What languages are supported on
your server?

Gary

Cary

2006-01-23, 6:25 am

Whether you can or can't, why would you want to change the functionality of
a user's browser? Isn't it their browser, not yours?

"Gary White" <reply@newsgroup.please> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 06:51:23 -0800, "Walt F. Schaefer"
> <walt@waltswebworx.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> Contrary to all the no's you got, it can be done by modifying the
> headers sent in response to the browser's request for the document. This
> requires a bit of server side scripting. What languages are supported on
> your server?
>
> Gary

Murray *TMM*

2006-01-23, 6:25 am

That's not what is happening. What Gary is suggesting is that the page
linked to when you click on download sends the file to the client by sending
headers to the server telling the client to offer a download.

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"Cary" <nospam@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
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> Whether you can or can't, why would you want to change the functionality
> of a user's browser? Isn't it their browser, not yours?
>
>
> "Gary White" <reply@newsgroup.please> wrote in message
> news:3452t11d45ul8bopnfdohnar5bqj4hbikr@4ax.com...
>
>

Gary White

2006-01-23, 6:25 am

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 12:44:23 -0800, "Cary" <nospam@nospam.nospam> wrote:

>Whether you can or can't, why would you want to change the functionality of
>a user's browser? Isn't it their browser, not yours?

If you've read many of my posts here, you'd know that I'm one of the
most vocal about leaving the users browser alone. As Murray says, I'm
not suggesting changing anything about the browser. I'm saying that you
can send appropriate response headers that will cause the browser to
offer the user a choice to save or open a document. Giving the user
choice is rarely a bad thing.

Gary

Walt F. Schaefer

2006-01-23, 6:27 am

Thanks for the reply but the link only opens a mail to e-mail.

???

"Joe Makowiec" <makowiec@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> On 20 Jan 2006 in macromedia.dreamweaver, Walt F. Schaefer wrote:
>
>
> Have a look here:
>
> Message-ID: <c5cqr1lm4v9vm5prltpras4p0qkmn53bur@4ax.com>
>
> --
> Joe Makowiec
> http://makowiec.net/
> Email: http://makowiec.net/email.php

Walt F. Schaefer

2006-01-23, 6:27 am

ASP, PHP

"Gary White" <reply@newsgroup.please> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 06:51:23 -0800, "Walt F. Schaefer"
> <walt@waltswebworx.com> wrote:
>
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>
>
> Contrary to all the no's you got, it can be done by modifying the
> headers sent in response to the browser's request for the document. This
> requires a bit of server side scripting. What languages are supported on
> your server?
>
> Gary

Joe Makowiec

2006-01-23, 6:29 am

On 21 Jan 2006 in macromedia.dreamweaver, Walt F. Schaefer wrote:

>
> Thanks for the reply but the link only opens a mail to e-mail.

Try this:

http://groups.google.com/group/macr...0950db266fbb7b0

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Cary

2006-01-30, 10:43 pm

Then I must have misinterpreted the original poster.

I thought they were trying to get around the ability of some people using
the PDF browser plug-in that allows a user to download a PDF a page at a
time. My error.

"Murray *TMM*" <forums@HAHAgreat-web-sights.com> wrote in message
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> That's not what is happening. What Gary is suggesting is that the page
> linked to when you click on download sends the file to the client by
> sending headers to the server telling the client to offer a download.
>
> --
> Murray

Cary

2006-02-06, 6:57 pm