[thelist] Downloading files with a Mac
CV
cervantes_vive at yahoo.com
Thu Sep 5 18:07:01 CDT 2002
I have a site with some files in a propietary format.
How can I convince Mac browsers to pop-up the 'Save'
dialog rather than display it on the screen as
garbage?
Under Windows the default behavior for unknown mime
types & file extensions is to ask whether to open or
save but on Mac browsers the file is always displayed
on the screen.
On the server end I send out the file with: (it's php)
Header( "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" );
Header( "Content-Length:" . filesize( $filepath ) );
Header( "Content-Disposition: attatchment;
filename=$filename" );
Header( "Content-Location:
$HTTP_HOST/downloadcache/$filename" );
On the Mac (OS 9) I have configured in the Control
Panel->Internet->Helper Apps to open the file with my
custom app (just in case)
Under the respective browser preferences I have set
the 'File Helpers' to handle my particular extension &
mime.
Still tho something is not right as the file is always
displayed.
Rebundling the files as a hqx or some other compressed
format is (complicating things) not an option.
Thanks,
C
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