accessing browser controls/objects - newbie

[jez]

Hey there,

I want to create a way to force a file to download when you click on it, rather than open it in the browser e.g. text or office format of some kind.

I think to do this i need to call whatever is called when you right click and 'save target as' ..... so to do this i need to access the browser in some way (??????)... and ActiveX will do this?????

Like i say I'm new to ActiveX entirely, but this shouldn't be too difficult, should it??

Any tips or pointers to sites would be great, cheers

Jez

 

[Janoh]

What kind of scripting language are you using ?

If it's Cold Fusion (I presume not) I could help. To the link set the mime content to the file to application/unknown somehow and the browser will prompt for download.

p.s. You don't need active x for this (I'm new to this too)

 

[jez]

I've been using mainly perl, and the usual javasript, but this is beyond those, in a workable way (that I know of!).
I hadn't considered coldfusion, but it isn't out of the question.

What you suggested sounds like a good theory, and i guess could be done with quite alot of scripting language (i.e. any that could affect the mime type of a download).

If I have any luck I'll post it here.

Cheers

Jez