Re: Downloads
by "Srinivasan Ramakrishnan" <srinivar(at)md3.vsnl.net.in>
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| Date: |
Sat, 3 Mar 2001 02:31:19 +0530 |
| To: |
"Nik Krimm" <nik(at)krimm.net> |
| Cc: |
<hwg-languages(at)hwg.org> |
| References: |
hotmail whittmanhart |
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Looks like you've seen some of the download shareware sites like
download.com do this. Well here's how it's done.
1) You need a server side program - PHP / ASP / CFML / Perl-CGI etc.
2) When a browser requests a page the page is sent to them and then a
redirect occurs. The server then sends a binary filestream. Simple!
-Srini
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nik Krimm" <nik(at)krimm.net>
To: "Two Bits" <leo7278(at)hotmail.com>; <gbt(at)dial.pipex.com>
Cc: <hwg-languages(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 11:05 PM
Subject: Re: Downloads
: Yeah, I'd like to know if anyone out there knows how to force the browser
to
: download the file,
: instead of allowing the browser to choose what to do (specifically, I
don't
: want the file ever to open up
: in a browser window)?
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