How to force a file download
Is it possible to use ASP to create something like, the following webpage, where you click on the download Mozilla now and up pops the downloader.
http://www.download.com/Mozilla-Fire...eatured.editor
I need to make it so that I can download a .WMV video file. because giving users the direct link doesn't work and I think its alot better than asking them to right click and save item as..
How do i force a user to download from a hyperlink as adobe pdf file, it loads up in a new window and I need them to download it, or at least give them the choice to download it.
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I want to be able to force the download of the files are attached to a particular record.
The code which i use to force the download is:
<%
strPath = "C:MyFiles"
Set Upload = Server.CreateObject("Persits.Upload")
' Build path to file
strPath = uploadfilepathactual
Path = strPath & "" & strFileName
Upload.SendBinary Path, True, "application/octet-binary", True
%>
I want to be able to change the path to say something like
strPath = servernamec$myfiles
Is the above possible. Any other alternatives.
i am using the following code to force a file download dialog in asp
Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.ms-excel"
response.AddHeader "content-disposition","attachment; filename=" &" &
StrFileName
Now the it works fine in ie5.5 sp2 but no ie5.5 sp1 it prompts the
user twice the open dialog box.
i found on microsoft site that it bug in ie 5.5 sp1 and it says to
upgrade to sp2.
but my users are not willing to ugrade there ie. can you please help me out how can work this in ie5.5 sp1 or anyu other way to force a file download...
how would i for a browser to download a file (specifically mpgs) i can get it to go for small 4mb files, but the larger ones if they do go, take bout 15 mins to even begin the download.
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View Replies View RelatedI'm trying to force a file download using ASP but not getting very far... I want the browser to send .pdf files to the user rather than trying to open them within IE (or wotever browser). Does anyone know what code I should use for this?
View Replies View RelatedThe below code forces a prompt to the user to open or save the .pdf file file to their local machine. It seems to work great except I have one user who can not open any .pdfs using this prompting method. He gets an error that says "File could not be found". However, if we choose the 'save' option instead, we can save the file to his local machine. He can open .pdf files from normal links to .pdf files. It's just this prompting method that is causing a problem. So, I'm perplexed.
I did some digging and found that there is also an FSO (File System Object) method (which may or may not solve my problem), but I'm not sure how to impliment the FSO or if that will even help me with this.
How do I force a pdf to be downloaded rather than opened in a browser window?
I've got the code below, which seems to work in Firefox, but in IE7 it spits out a huge page of wierd characters:
<%
Response.ContentType = "application/pdf"
FPath = server.mappath("pdf/portfolio.pdf")
Response.AddHeader "Content-Disposition","attachment; filename=" & FPath
Set adoStream = CreateObject("ADODB.Stream")
adoStream.Open()
adoStream.Type = 1
adoStream.LoadFromFile(FPath)
Response.BinaryWrite adoStream.Read()
adoStream.Close
Set adoStream = Nothing
Response.End
%>
i want to force the download of file . i am using a win nt (iis4).
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from technet onto my IIS 4.0 server. The first 2-3 times
I tested all went well. Subsequent tests, with no server
changes, gave/gives me the "File Download" dialogue box
when the sendMail.asp file should be executing. Why does
sendMail.asp give a "File Download" box instead of just
executing?
I need to have script that automatic download files (open a "save file
dialog box") based on a variable (value in the URL).
Example:
files.asp?file=1 shall automaticly download file1.mp3 (open a dialogbox for
saving file1.mp3)
files.asp?file=2 shall automaticly download file2.mp3 (open a dialogbox for
saving file2.mp3)
I want to be able to let users download movies from my site, but when they click on the link it opens automatically with windows media player. Of course, they could right click and save target as, but the majority of users don't realise this.
Is there a way to tell a page to send the file to the browser as an attachment and force them to save it to disk i.e. not open automatically.
I have to write a code for download file in asp.
View Replies View Relatedi just want to find out how do i make a file downloadable, like when it gives an option to save or open the file not only open it.
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response.contentType = "application/vnd.ms-excel"
can't use filesystemobject to create txt file on my C: drive. gives me access denied error.
I used same object to create file in the directory on the web server but how can I download txt file using something like a simple hyperlink to the exe file. a hyperlink to a text file simply opens that file in a browser.
I want the MP3 audio files to be able to download by users only. Even I set the pages validated by session, anyone still can type the download url to get my files without access of the pages where download URL provided. How can I do in order to prevent everyone from downloading without a user account?
View Replies View RelatedCurrently i am doing a file management project where user are able to create folder and upload files to it. The file ownner would be able to set permission (from database linking to the file path) if a user able to download it or not.
*each file info will be stored into a table e.g. fileid, filename, path, access.
Now i am facing a problem where if a user does not have permission to click on the link to download, the user can guess the path and the file name and directly type the path on the address bar to download the file.
i want to be able to write an asp.net function to download files.
For example, brinkster.com hosting service has a COM component that allows a stream of binary data to the client from the server so that the client will be prompted to download the file.
here is the syntax:
Set Upload = Server.CreateObject("Persits.Upload")
Dim SysFilePath
SysFilePath = Request.QueryString("filePath")
' Parmeters:
' 1. Path to file to download
' 2. Yes, build content-xxx headers
' 3. Use this value for Content-Type header
' 4. Include the word "attachment;" to Content-Disposition to force download
Upload.SendBinary "premfs3sitespremium8jaydakissx22webrootmyFile.txt, True, "application/octet-binary", True
How can I do this in asp.net without using the "Persits.Upload" COM object?
I have a script in ASP 3.0 which creates a CSV file on the server. After the
code has run I want it to prompt the user to download the file (via the
browser). I have spent a frustrating hour trying this.
I want to get dialog box(open,save,cancel) for pdf file using asp(vbscript).
Presently when i click on pdf link on the site,the pdf document opens in
the browser.
I have used the below code(download.asp?file=filename):
<%
Response.AddHeader "content-disposition", "attachment; filename=" &
request.querystring("file")
Response.ContentType = "application/octet-stream"
%>
This file resides in the same dir of pdf documents Code:
how do i create a file download utility that limits the number of users? for example, a maximum of 5 users can download a particular file at the same time.
i can use asp (not asp.net), javascript, maybe read/write a text file if necessary.
if anyone had any script that can allow a page to run some code and then kick off a file download.Maybe like many places do saying download should start automatically or you can "click here".I appologise if this is easy to work out from the source of one of those pages, but my view source seems to have died and I thought an answer from here might be quicker than fixing it!
View Replies View Relatedi have a file *.num and when i enter the full URL to download it he give my
a 404 error !
but when i rename the *.NUM by *.TXT everything coming ok !?
so how i can tell to IIS6 to accept *.num files ?
I wanna make a link for my visitors to download some files in my website.How can I do so?
View Replies View RelatedI am trying to write a routine that allows users to download files from our secure site, with the code below the file will download and when you click save i get an IE error. However when the page is not https the routine runs just fine. Any Ideas?
View Replies View RelatedI am using enctype of multipart/form-data to transfer
files. However, in the target page (action), I can only
retrieve the file. ie. If I call Request.BinaryRead, then
Request doesnt process Form or QueryString anymore. If I
access Form/ QueryString, BinaryRead doesnt work anymore.
Is this by design? If so, how can I pass parameter to the
target page, alongwith file?
i have a code that creates a text file and puts it into a folder on the server. i would like after the script is finished creating the text file to prompt the user to download the newly created text file, when he clicks yes a window should appear asking where he would like to save it.
View Replies View Relatedi am able to do file download using the response object, where a dialog box will appear,
asking user whether they want to open,save or cancel.
it is possible to download multiple files at once. since it is stated that 1 file download per http request. i am lookinn at
http://www.motobit.com/tips/detpg_m...es-one-request/
where it show multiple file per http request. i don't quite understand it though.
I have coded a file upload process in ASP and the current way I allow files to be downloaded, which have been uploaded is by using the <a href> tag. This works but it normally opens the files for the user in a new browser window. What I would like to do is present the user with a download link which opens the Windows File Download dialog box.
I thought there might be an easy way to do this kind of like HTML provides for uploading a file… which is the input type=file (presents the user with the browse button). Is there an easy way to present the user with a Windows File Download dialog box?
Does anyone know of anything that will allow uploads to a server then show the URL of the file so the user can send and email to someone so it can be downloaded? I looked at huge asp upload and couldnt tell if it would show the url to the user. It has an email option but i cannot see if it does what i want it to do and i dont see anywhere on the site to find out.
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