andy206uk — Mon, 14 Jun 2004 14:19:19 +0000

I think you need to fiddle with the mime types to ensure they download...

* go's googling *

Apparently, if you set the mimetype for .pdf as "application/octet-stream" it will pretty much always give the user the option to download the file. Theres a tutorial here on changing mimetimes that may help if your using apache webserver:

http://www.bignosebird.com/apache/a1.shtml

Hope that helps.

Suzanne — Sat, 12 Jun 2004 19:25:19 +0000

I've found that written instructions are better than any other sort of "aid", especially to pc users. Seriously, lol, to any user. Sounds like you're running into some of the "between the keyboard and the chair" errors.

K12RS — Sat, 12 Jun 2004 10:53:46 +0000

Suzanne, thanks for the reply. That's pretty much what I've been doing, but some PC users don't even realize they can download the files. I've been putting a note beside it to "right click–save to disc." At first I had the link in narrow left hand frame on a frames site and that really confused them
J..

Suzanne — Thu, 10 Jun 2004 21:58:00 +0000

of course, if they are .pdf files, then you should just link them, identify them and let the user decide whether to open or download them. It shouldn't matter to you.

Suzanne — Thu, 10 Jun 2004 21:57:22 +0000

.zip