Re: IE6 and sending PDF

From: Gregor Rot (zara4tustra_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 01/17/04 

Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 00:00:19 +0100

John Dunlop wrote:

> Gregor Rot wrote:
>
>
>>I have resolved the problem:
>
>
> The real problem was with your "browser", not how you serve the file.
> Configure it to behave as you wish.
>
>
>> >>> Content-Disposition: filename=somefile.pdf
>
>
> That is a malformed Content-Disposition header according to RFC1806
> sec. 2 (and RFC1506, sec. 4). A disposition type, or extension-token
> is required.
>

Well you are wrong somewhere, because if i point my browser to a regular
pdf file on a site, IE opens it within the browser.

If i serve the file over the described php program, i get a dialog
(Open, Save, etc, and Open opens a new Acrobat instance), all that
assuming: "Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=somefile.pdf"
                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^

So i don't have any problem with my browser setup, it's a disposition
problem. If "attachment" is written, the browser treats the data as "an
attachment", and automatically offers the dialog Open, Save, etc...

Seeing your knowledge of the RFCs and all I would be very happy if you
could write the correct disposition for the desidered behaviour (sending
a pdf, and making IE behave like receiving a regular pdf file, opening
it within the browser - this is the default IE setup after Acrobat
Reader is installed = an ActiveX control is installed and opened
automatically after clicking on a pdf file on a site, opening the file
in the ActiveX control, loaded in the browser).

tnx,
Greg

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