Re: PDF troubles

At 12:57 PM 4/27/01 -0700, Matt Kreps wrote:
>I recently set up a small resume portfolio site for my wife at
>
> www.geocities.com/sandydk1/
>
>but it appears to be having trouble. When a PC user in IE5 tries to
>right-click to download PDF samples it's either not downloading or sometimes
>not even offering the option to save the file.
>
>Can someone replicate these problems? And, more importantly, does someone
>have a fix? It's probably just a little coding error on my part -- but I
>sure don't know what it is.
>

If I left-click, there is a period where the browser seems to be 
downloading something, (it does not load up the Acrobat plugin), 
and then displays a completely white page. View Source on this
page gives me:

��< h t m l > < b o d y   l e f t m a r g i n = 0   t o p m a r g i n = 0   s c r o l l = n o >   < e m b e d   w i d t h = 1 0 0 %   h e i g h t = 1 0 0 %   f u l l s c r e e n = y e s   s r c = " h t t p : / / w w w . g e o c i t i e s . c o m / s a n d y d k 1 / m a r c h l e r n . p d f " > < / b o d y > < / h t m l > 

If I right-click and choose download, I get a pop-up message saying
it cannot download the document.

Assuming the document really is on the server, I would guess that
the problem is that Geocities' (home-grown?) web server software
doesn't deliver PDF documents correctly. However, you imply that
the problem is only for PC users in IE5. What platforms/browsers
do deliver the file for you correctly?

--Liz

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