Re: eRPG question

[Jim Langston <jimlangston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hans,

I've created a few web pages served by both Windows NT and Unix,
and create links for files to be downloaded and everything works
fine without me, in my web page, specifying a MIME type.

Is this handled by the server automatically?  And does the AS/400
have to be setup manually to do this?  

I just don't understand.

Regards,

Jim Langston

boldt@ca.ibm.com wrote:
> 
> 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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