Re: eRPG question

[boldt@xxxxxxxxxx]

Jim wrote:
>Well, all you have to do is provide a web page with a link to
>the file you want them to be able to download.  Then when they
>click on this, you serve them that "page" which is actually the
>file to download.
>
>Their browser will then ask them where they want to save the file.

Fine so far.  Just link to the file using the "anchor" tag.

>Browsers look at the extension of files to determine what to do
>with them, display them as .HTM or HTML files, run or save them as
>.EXE or .ZIP files, play them as media files, etc...

No.  Browsers look at the MIME type, not the file extension.
(IE, however, violates the HTTP standards and often insists on
rendering data based on content or file extension regardless of
MIME type.)

>You really don't need to worry about that, just serve them the object,
>the file, and their browser will take care of the rest.

You may have to configure the server to present the proper MIME
type in the HTTP header, though.  Be sure to test using Netscape.
Since IE isn't totally compliant to the standards, you can't use
it to tell if you're doing things properly.

Hans

Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com

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