Thanks for the feedback, Wil... I'm not sure however, that we're talking about the same thing.
I'm trying to automate going to a data vendor's site, logging in to their web page, then triggering a link on the next page to cause a download of a file to start... I'm the one doing the downloading of their files. Am I misunderstanding what you wrote below? Rick Wil Genovese wrote: > Actually you can control the way a link opens if your trying to push a file > when a user clicks a link. If the link is to a coldfusion page that then > grabs the file sets header info and content type. > > I do this for mp3 files. > > download.cfm > --start file-- > <cfparam name="url.songname" default=""> > <cfif trim(url.songname) neq ""> > <cfset clipname = "#songname#.mp3"> > <cfset clipfolder = "/var/offsite/musicfolder/songs/"> > <cfif fileExists(#clipfolder##clipname#)> > <cfdirectory action="list" directory="#clipfolder#" filter="#clipname#" > name="fileSize"> > <cfheader name="Content-Disposition" value="Attachment; > filename=#clipname#"> > <cfheader name="Content-Length" value="#fileSize.size#"> > <cfheader name="Expires" value="#Now()#"> > <cfcontent type="audio/mp3" file="#clipfolder##clipname#" > deletefile="No"> > </cfif> > </cfif> > --end file-- > > > Note the cfheader tag that has the filename. Value="Attachment; > filename=3clipname#"> > > The keyword "Attachment" forces ALL browsers to open the Save dialog. The > other option you can use is "Inline". This allows the browsers to open files > like PDF's inline instead or forcing a download. > > I also grab the file size use cfdirectory so I can push that to the browser > as well. This allows the browser to properly display the download size, > estimated download time and download progress. > > > Wil Genovese > Sr. Web Application Developer > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 2:09 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> From my experience you can't really control the save as/open dialog from >> your end. That is generally handled by the browser and OS as they see >> fit. File formats that can be opened right there in the browser >> (images, html, text) tend to just open up in that window when you click >> the link. Most other file formats like zip, exe, or rar will generally >> prompt you. Some formats like doc, xsl, or pdf depend on if the user >> has MS Office or Acrobat plugins installed. If you want the user to >> always "save as" I think the only thing to do might be to prompt them to >> right click the link and choose save as. >> >> As far as prompting for the download immediately as soon as the page >> loads, I often times use JavaScript to set the window.location.href to >> the file and the browser will take care of the rest. Of course, IE 7 >> tends to block those. >> >> ~Brad >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: Is it possible to trigger a link on a web page and trigger a >> download? >> From: Rick Faircloth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Thu, October 16, 2008 1:45 pm >> To: cf-talk <[email protected]> >> >> Hi, all... >> >> Before I go digging around and start trying to code a solution, I'd like >> to know if what I'm trying to do is even possible. >> >> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:314026 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
