I don't mind that actually. <!----------------//------ andy matthews web developer certified advanced coldfusion programmer ICGLink, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 615.370.1530 x737 --------------//--------->
-----Original Message----- From: Bobby Hartsfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 11:44 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Password access for PDF files Oops... That will force the user to download the file.... not open it in their browser. ...:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -----Original Message----- From: Bobby Hartsfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 12:39 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Password access for PDF files First store the files you want to 'lock' outside of the webroot so no one is going to guess a link to them or share it once they have downloaded it. Next, write a form that asks for all the information you want to store in the database. When the form is submitted, validate your fields and then use cfheader and cfcontent to push the file to the user I use a random file name to give the user so they dont even know the original file name (like it matters since they are stored outside the webroot though) So basically... <cfif FORM FIELDS ALL CHECK OUT OK> <cfset tempname = randrange(11111, 99999) & ".pdf" /> <cfheader name="Content-disposition" value="attachment;filename=#tempname#"> <cfcontent type="application/pdf" file="d:\full\path\to\file.pdf"> </cfif> ....:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -----Original Message----- From: Andy Matthews [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 11:27 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Password access for PDF files 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 --------------//---------> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:252239 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
