[thelist] Forcing IE to download a file rather than displaying it?

[Bob Haroche]

I need to create a web space where my client can upload Word (.doc) files
and Acrobat (.pdf) files. When the user clicks on a file link, it should
force the browser to respond with a "save file" dialog box.

Obviously, this is simple if the files are first zipped/stuffed, but reasons
not relevant here that's not an option.

The domain is virtually hosted on unix/Apache 1.3.6. I've played around with
.htaccess to over-ride the mime type for these files such as:

AddType application/octet-stream .doc

While this works for Netscape, Internet Explorer 6 PC (and I assume earlier
versions as well) insist on still opening the Word documents inside the
browser.

Is there any way, other than zipping/stuffing to over-ride this behavior and
force a "save as..." prompt?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Bob Haroche
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