[FX.php List] [OFF] Trouble with clients trying to download DOCX files from web server

[Bob Patin]

Sure, here's one:

http://www.longtermsolutions.com/test.docx


On Dec 30, 2007, at 12:41 PM, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:

> Can you post the link here for us to try the docx type too?
>
> Just a static dummy link to a realistic example file yould do just  
> fine.
>
> ggt
>
> 2007/12/30, Bob Patin <bob at patin.com>:
>>
>> On Dec 30, 2007, at 12:17 PM, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:
>>
>>> You probably need to tamper with the header data, if this goes
>>> through php
>>
>> Nah, these are just hyperlinks; when I try it in Leopard/Safari it
>> works fine, but my client says he's having trouble on his machine
>> (he's in Japan, not sure if this makes any difference).
>>
>> How would he register the "docx" mimetype in his browser?
>>
>> I already put it into the web server, but it doesn't seem to fix it
>> completely, although he can now control-click on it to download the
>> file.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> or if this is not related to php, they probably have to register the
>>> .docx mimetype in their browser.
>>
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