Re: Content-type header for PDf output

Nevermind.  After I stopped and started the browser, it works fine.

Peter Dow
Dow Software Services, Inc.
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909 425-0196 fax

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Dow" <pcdow@yahoo.com>
To: <WEB400@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 6:17 PM
Subject: [WEB400] Content-type header for PDf output


> I have a CGI program that writes PDF data to standard out after a header
of
>
> Content-type: application/pdf
>
> followed by a blank line, followed by the PDF data.  What the browser
> (IE5.5) displays is the PDF text, i.e. it does not activate the Adobe
> Acrobat plugin which *is* invoked if I poing the browser at a .pdf file.
>
> If I view the source, the PDF data is correct; in fact, I can save the
> viewed source as a .pdf, then open it with Adobe just fine.  So it appears
> I'm missing something in the Content-type.  Has anyone done this?
>
> tia,
> Peter Dow
> Dow Software Services, Inc.
> 909 425-0194 voice
> 909 425-0196 fax
>
>
>
>
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