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#1
Sep 14th, 2007, 09:39
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making pdfs downloadable
I have a link to a pdf file that I want viewers to download to their HDs and not open within the browser. How is this achieved? I have tried zipping the pdf to force download but I would prefer just a pdf document on the server.
Any ideas please?        
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Sep 14th, 2007, 15:41
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Re: making pdfs downloadable
You could ask that your users "right click" or equivalent and select save target as.
If you're doing this with HTML, it is hard because to serve it up as a download requires modifying the HTTP headers. Unless there is a way to force a download with HTML but I haven't encountered it. Cheers,
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Sep 14th, 2007, 15:59
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Re: making pdfs downloadable
you can do this with PHP headers easily
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Sep 14th, 2007, 17:05
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Re: making pdfs downloadable
you could even zip it up
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Sep 14th, 2007, 19:38
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Re: making pdfs downloadable
Basically one of two things will happen. if enabled it will load the PDF in browser, otherwise in Preview, Acrobat whatever depending on OS/Software installed. Zipping it will force a standard download. I would leave it as is and let user settings decide. Also as stated leave a comment (Right click and save as.. to save the file) or something. As long as the user is notified that it is a PDF download they will handle it however they deem fit in most cases.
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Sep 14th, 2007, 22:02
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Re: making pdfs downloadable
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and you'd have to supply a tarball aswell
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