Re: PDF Files

At 19:28 8/11/00 +0000, rlaws(at)northstate.net wrote:
>Thanks for the response Carol.  I should have stated my issued better.  It is
>no problem for me to setup the page to open the PDF file which can then be
>saved.  What the client wants is to have an option to SAVE or OPEN ONLINE the
>PDF file.  They do not want the PDF file to open when it is clicked.  They 
>want
>an option to either save it or open it.  I'm not sure if it can be done.

Of course it can be done :-)

The web is a great "glue" for internet technologies - and in this case 
everyone is forgetting one of the earlier protocols: File Transfer Protocol.

Simply place the files on a public FTP site, and use a link like this:

<A href="ftp://ftp.site.com/pub/File.PDF">Download PDF File</A>


Chris Higgs <c.higgs(at)landfood.unimelb.edu.au>
Institute of Land and Food Resources
University of Melbourne http://www.landfood.unimelb.edu.au

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