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Or similar to Clay's suggestion below, you can have a regular page of links but add the note 'right click link and select "Save target as..." to save to disk'. That works for win/msie, I guess there's something similar for mac users. John > The PDF list is a service provided by PDFzone.com | > http://www.pdfzone.com > __________________________________________________________________ > > One trick I have used is placing the pdf's in a folder that does not > have an index.html file in it. (ie. www.myserver.com/files/*.pdf) Then > anyone may use their regular internet browser of choice. Since there > is no html file, the browser treats it like an ftp session. If the > user left-clicks (or regular click on mac) the file, it will view in > the browser with the Acrobat plugin, but if they right-click > (control-click on Mac) they can choose "save as" from the contextual > menu. This way, it is their option: to view or to download. Usually, > when I send them the link (or have the link posted on a page) I send a > long a short description of these options in case they aren't aware of > them. Also, the link I send them is just the folder, and not the > actual file. Otherwise, it would open in the browser automatically. It > is a bit manual, but works for me. > > Clay > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gilbert Fernandes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 12:13 PM > To: PDF Lists > Subject: [PDF] downloading pdf files > > > > The PDF list is a service provided by PDFzone.com | > http://www.pdfzone.com > __________________________________________________________________ > > I have some pdf catalogs on our website for download via ftp. The > links are ftp://ftp.mycompany.com/xyz.pdf > > But when these ftp links are clicked the files do not download, > instead they open up in the Browsers (I've tried IE & NN) Is something > wrong somewhere or is this normal? I remember a few years back it > worked fine. Is this a development in the later versions of the > browsers. > > I want our customers to download the files for later viewing. > > Any solution would be a great help. > TIA > Gilbert Fernandes. > > > To change your subscription: > http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdf.html > > > To change your subscription: > http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdf.html > To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdf.html
