* Luke Paireepinart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060914 17:36]: > Tim Johnson wrote: > >Hi: > > > >This is *not* really a python problem, but :-) since this > >is such an helpful list and others may have the same issue... > > > >I have a python script which searches a server for a pdf file > >and if found, reads the file to stdout, as one would read html > >to stdout. > > > >The question is really about the proper content-type: > > > >Both of the following functions have been tried: > > > >def pdf_header1(file_name,length): > > """ Serve a PDF document via CGI with content length.""" > > print ( > > 'Content-type: application/pdf\n' > > 'Content-Length: %d\n' > > 'Content-Disposition: attachment;filename="%s"\n' > > ) % (length,file_name) > > > >def pdf_header(file_name,length): > > """ Serve a PDF document via CGI with content length.""" > > print ( > > 'Content-type: application/pdf\n' > > 'Content-Disposition: inline; filename=%s\n' > > 'Content-length: %d\n' > > ) % (file_name,length) > > > > Hi Luke:
> You have a cgi script on your server that searches itself for a file and > serves it to the user? Correct. > One note, you should be using \r\n instead of \n. Both development and deployment are on a linux OS, so this is the correct procedure. However, I don't think that using '\r' does any harm on *nix.... in fact, it would be the more portable approach. Thanks for pointing that out. > Also, you're putting \r\n\r\n after your header, right? Not sure what you mean. Either of the functions provide the header. Could you explain further? regards tim > >Regardless of which is used, on Mozilla, I have the following > >response: > > A dialog that names the file, identifies the filetype, and > > gives a choice of whether to download or open the file. > > when the choice is made, progress is reported via another > > window and the selected action occurs when download is finished. > > > Sounds like it's working to me. > >On Internet Explorer 6, Windows XP, the user experience is different. > >IE ignores the file name, and does no progress reporting, but does > >"understand" the file type. > > > Sounds like it's working to me. > > > As far as I can tell, it seems to me like you have some file (example .wmv) > that I.E. is saying 'okay I know how to open this' and it tries to do > something with it. > Firefox, humble as it is, admits that it doesn't know what to do and > just lets you download it. > If this is the case, then it's a configuration issue with IE that's > making it attempt to open the file. > You could just as well configure Firefox to automatically open these > files too, although > that doesn't mean that it'll work :) > > So unless you can be more specific, I'd say that it's just a difference > in the browser and not a problem > with your code at all. Do I not understand correctly? > HTH, > -Luke > >Does anyone have any experience with this issue? Or could anyone > >recommend a more appropriate place to post this question? > >Thanks > >tim > > > > -- Tim Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.alaska-internet-solutions.com _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor