The ISAPI rewrite would catch ALL instances of ".pdf" or whatever you
script it to:
So , www.domain.com/test.pdf would be caught, rewritten to:
www.domain.com/library/downloads.cfm?file=test.pdf
The file string could then be parsed, checked in a databse, and then
served if approved.
You'd have to put an exception in the http.ini file to prevent the
Filter from re-catching the ".pdf" in the ?file= string though!
T
On 6 Sep 2006, at 16:36, Andy Matthews wrote:
> Right. I'm planning on some system setups to make sure that people
> can't
> link directly to the file. How would this work though with
> alternate file
> types? For example, all but 3 or 4 of my newsletters are PDF. The
> other 3 or
> 4 are plain Coldfusion pages.
>
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> andy matthews
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> ICGLink, Inc.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom King [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 10:32 AM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Re: Password access for PDF files
>
>
> Add an Isapi rewrite to redirect all .pdfs to a page like library.cfm?
> file=filename.ext
>
> Then you can log the filename and any other info in a database, and
> then serve the file via CFHEADER.?
>
> T
>
>
>
> On 6 Sep 2006, at 16:26, Andy Matthews wrote:
>
>> I'm working on a simple access for PDF files and HTML page on my
>> client's
>> website. There's nothing sensitive about them, they just want to
>> start
>> collecting user info. So my thought is to have an intermediate page
>> which
>> checks to see if the user is logged in; stores info about the
>> "view" in the
>> database; then redirects the user to the page/file. Problem is that
>> I just
>> tried it and it tried to view it in the browser, not just the PDF
>> but the
>> underlying source code.
>>
>> So I'm wondering what might be the best way to do this. My
>> requirements are:
>>
>> 1) User must log in to view anything inside the "library". At this
>> point the
>> various files and pages are in various directories, but if needed I
>> could
>> consolidate them all into a "library" directory.
>>
>> 2) Store information about the "view" in the database.
>>
>> 3) Redirect user to the appropriate file.
>>
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> <!----------------//------
>> andy matthews
>> web developer
>> certified advanced coldfusion programmer
>> ICGLink, Inc.
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> 615.370.1530 x737
>> --------------//--------->
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
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