I do not have the Content Type and Content
Lenth stored in the database either, although I could if necessary. What are
the best ways of getting this information?
T.
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From: Henning Sittler
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Sent: 05 June 2002 03:10 PM
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Subject: RE: Witango-Talk: return
protected file
Trevor, this is what Scott Cadillac sent me on the
list, and I'm using it now (with the exception that I'm not reading anything
about the file from a database, so I get the values for Content-Type,
Content-Length, etc from other places.
Try the site Scott mentions below:
http://xml-extra.net/webpage.xmlx?node=38
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Hi Henning,
You are missing a couple of important bits like the
'encodeResults' variable
setting to prevent your binary
characters from being converted to HTML
entities and the 'Content-Length'
of the download file. Also, I find that
for secure downloads adding the
<@userreferencecookie> prevents Witango from
issueing a new UserReference which
could break your user session.
<@assign name="encodeResults"
scope="local" value="false">
<@assign
name="httpHeader"
scope="local"
value="Content-Type: <@var
local$resultSet[1,MimeType]><@crlf>Content-Length:
<@var
local$resultSet[1,FileSize]><@crlf>Content-Disposition:
inline;
filename=<@dq><@var
local$resultSet[1,Filename]><@dq><@crlf><@userreferencecookie><@crlf>">
Then where you do your output, it should look like the
following to clean
out any whitespace that Witango
will sometimes through in between the HTTP
Header and the content:
<@PURGERESULTS><@VAR local$dlfile
ENCODING="NONE">
I wrote a short article about this kind of procedure
and there is a sample
file for download.
http://xml-extra.net/webpage.xmlx?node=38
Hope this helps. Cheers...
Scott Cadillac
http://xml-extra.net
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Plus International Corp.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Henning Sittler"
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To: "Multiple recipients of
list witango-talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 12:00 PM
Subject: Witango-Talk: Contstrained
File Downloads
> Ok, I tried asking this last week or so, but I'm
not sure I ever saw my
own
> post get to the list, nor any
replies.
>
> I'd like to offer file
downloads without linking directly to an openly
> avialable file.
>
> <@COMMENT>
> <a href=""http://www.thesite.com/files/thefile.zip">Download
the file</a>
> This works but won't suit my
needs, because anytime can just download the
> file without any validation.
> </@COMMENT>
>
> I'd like to store the file in
a non-webserver accessible folder, and
> reference them indirectly
through Tango. The link to download the file
> shown by one taf would point
at another taf (opened in a new window let's
> say) which verifies the user
is ok to download the file, then reads the
file
> from disk and ouputs only the
file.
>
> Given the proper Content-Type
headers are output by the second taf before
> outputing the file contents,
this should prompt the user to download or
open
> the file, right?
>
> Now all my files will be (or
most likely be) .zip, so:
> Content-Type: application/zip
>
> should do it, right?
Well, it's not. The attached taf's h.taf and i.taf
> illustrate. They have
been kept super minimal for experimentation
purposes.
> Checking procedures and
complexity can come once the downloads work.
>
> Also, IE likes to download the
taf file instead of the zip file, which I
> understand is a documented IE
bug.
>
> Any thoughts? Thanks
much,
>
>
> Henning Sittler
> www.inscriber.com
>
>
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-----Original Message-----
From: Trevor Green [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 8:13
AM
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Subject: Witango-Talk: return
protected file
Is there a way for Tango to return a file (contents
unknown - may be a word doc or an excel file, etc.) from a protected location
to a user? The application is such that there would be a directory on the
webserver containing files that must not be accessed through a URL but may need
to be returned to a user within the application that has rights to view the
files. Windows based installation using IE.
Regards
Trevor Green
