> You could try adding an extra header: > > header('Content-Disposition: inline; filename=somefile.pdf'); This you can test here: http://mishpacha.com/viewpdfTest.php?mag=1&issue=149&pageNum=40&coverStory=1 With this, however, even my IE6 fails. :( > then, you can re-write /file.pdf to really go to > /downloads.php?file=abc.pdf The URL is not the issue, because the URL in question DOES actually end with .pdf. The issue is that a file is served in place of that URL. > Did you try just Content-Type: application/pdf? Yes. I added the other text to try to get the browser title bar to show something intelligent. I put it back to how you have it in the above test URL. > Or, if you want to prompt the user to save the document, use > > header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=somefile.pdf'); Here you are: http://mishpacha.com/viewpdfTest2.php?mag=1&issue=149&pageNum=40&coverStory=1 This fails also in IE6 however. :( Hershel -- Web Site Construction by Gallery Robinson http://galleryrobinson.com/