[FX.php List] Forcing a browser to download a text file

[Bob Patin]

Alex,

Exactly what I emailed to my client; I don't know how computer-savvy  
they are, and try whenever possible to eliminate any need for them to  
have to figure out a UI.

Thanks,

BP


On Jul 15, 2007, at 1:22 PM, Alex Gates wrote:

> Is editing the filename and deleting .bin easier than right  
> clicking and selecting "save as"?
>
> You'll have to instruct the user to change the filename, and I  
> suspect explaining 'right click save as' would be easier.
>
> My two cents.
>
> Let me know if you find a better method - this would be good to know.
>
> Bob Patin wrote:
>> That's a good idea, but I was hoping I could figure out a way that  
>> filenames wouldn't have to be altered. I don't know how savvy this  
>> client is with filenames.
>> Adding another extension would certainly be an easy step though...
>> BP
>> On Jul 15, 2007, at 3:43 AM, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:
>>> add .bin at the end of the .txt
>>>
>>> On 7/15/07, Bob Patin <bob at patin.com> wrote:
>>>> Well, what I was hoping to do was to have links for all their
>>>> uploaded files, whatever they were, and have them download, not  
>>>> display.
>>>>
>>>> I've done tons of sites for downloading ZIP files, but this is,
>>>> amazingly, the first time I've ever upload plain text files and  
>>>> then
>>>> tried to just link to them for downloading... it's got to be a  
>>>> simple
>>>> HTML change...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Jul 14, 2007, at 5:34 PM, Alex Gates wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > Hi Bob-
>>>> >
>>>> > I've never tried this before - but a google search brought me  
>>>> to this:
>>>> >
>>>> > http://www.thescripts.com/forum/thread475396.html
>>>> >
>>>> > Whatever you end up using, make sure to test it on multiple  
>>>> browsers.
>>>> >
>>>> > If nothing else, why not just instruct to right click and 'save
>>>> > as..' ?
>>>> >
>>>> > Alex
>>>> >
>>>> > Bob Patin wrote:
>>>> >> How do I force a browser to download a text file rather than to
>>>> >> display it in the browser? I've written an upload script for a
>>>> >> client so that they can upload text files, but when I click  
>>>> on the
>>>> >> links for the uploaded files, they display rather than download.
>>>> >> Thanks,
>>>> >> Bob Patin
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