Re: cfheader and pushing a file to the user
On 10/18/2010 7:53 PM, Michael Grant wrote: > > > I had that actually - not using the "type" though as there's a number of different file types available. Turns out it was related to the server issue that was causing a query weirdness I was asking about earlier where the two below statements were giving different results... WHERE (paID=) AND (nl_status = 'published' OR nl_status = 'archive WHERE paID= AND (nl_status = 'published' OR nl_status = 'archive Restarted the server - all is good. Hmmm... ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:338319 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: cfheader and pushing a file to the user
On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Les Mizzell wrote:
>
> I've got a section of a site where a user can access a number of logo
> downloads, including tiff, jpeg, ai, or gif formats.
>
> There are thumbs on the download page, with links on each thumb like:
>
>
>
> This takes them to the resource_download processing page (located in the
> same directory as the files to be downloaded), which runs a query to
> record which logo they downloaded along with a date/time stamp.
>
> What is supposed to happen next is that the selected file is pushed to
> them so they can save it. This is where I'm having problems.
>
> So, after the query runs:
>
> NAME="content-disposition"
>value="attachment;
>filename=#get.logo#">
>
> Looks correct so far...
>
> But, let's say I selected a jpg. The dialog comes up ("SAVE" or "OPEN"),
> I select "SAVE", and when I try to open the file in Photoshop I get an
> error "Could not complete your request because a JPEG marker segment
> length is too short. The file may be truncated or incomplete.
>
> If I just tell it to "OPEN" the file instead of saving - I get a blank doc.
>
> If I grab the file FTP from the server, it seems to be fine and
> saves/opens properly.
>
> What's wrong here? Suggestions?
>
>
>
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Re: cfheader and pushing a file to the user
> I've got a section of a site where a user can access a number of logo
> downloads, including tiff, jpeg, ai, or gif formats.
>
> There are thumbs on the download page, with links on each thumb like:
>
>
>
> This takes them to the resource_download processing page (located in the
> same directory as the files to be downloaded), which runs a query to
> record which logo they downloaded along with a date/time stamp.
>
> What is supposed to happen next is that the selected file is pushed to
> them so they can save it. This is where I'm having problems.
>
> So, after the query runs:
>
> NAME="content-disposition"
> value="attachment;
> filename=#get.logo#">
>
> Looks correct so far...
>
> But, let's say I selected a jpg. The dialog comes up ("SAVE" or "OPEN"),
> I select "SAVE", and when I try to open the file in Photoshop I get an
> error "Could not complete your request because a JPEG marker segment
> length is too short. The file may be truncated or incomplete.
>
> If I just tell it to "OPEN" the file instead of saving - I get a blank doc.
You have a CFCONTENT after the CFHEADER to actually serve the file,
right? CFHEADER doesn't actually serve the file.
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