[thelist] MIME type in href?
Michael Pemberton
evolt at mpember.net.au
Fri Jun 11 11:39:59 CDT 2004
Joel D Canfield wrote:
> Is there a way to force a MIME type in a link? That is, to create a link
> to
>
> \\server\path\123.1
>
> and have it open with the correct application?
>
> joel
There are a few tricks that you can use. One is to generate the file
from a script and then output the required headers to tell the browser
show filetype it is.
Some browsers (read: IE) don't follow the header when it comes to
detecting the filetype/association. The best trick to get around this
is the generate a url the fools the browser into thinking it is
downloading the file with the original filename.
eg. http://somehost/someprogram/script.php/filename.ext
This should work in most cases. Maybe someone else on the list can
explain this better. :D
HTH
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Michael Pemberton
evolt at mpember.net.au
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