Problem:
html file on local server (inside our organization) with link to an exe on the same server.
clicking the link runs the exe on the client. Instead I want it to offer downloading it.
Tried so far:
Changed permissions on the exe's virtual directory to be read and script.
Added Content-disposition header on the exe's directory.
I can't change settings in the browser. It's intended for a lot of people to consume.
You need to set content-disposition in the HTTP header.
This Microsoft Knowledge Base entry has more detail on how to do this.
Runs them where: on the server, or on the client? If on the server: set the handler mappings of the file so that CGI-exe is disabled. If on the client: then this is a web browser issue - it shouldn't be running EXEs directly! What browser is it?
As Dave Webb mentions, you could use the Content-Disposition HTTP header: these can be added using HTTP Response Headers in IIS7 for that directory/file.
Whether a file is downloaded or opened automatically is a browser, not a server, side setting.
The other way of doing it would be to change the MIME type for the file to something like application/octet-stream or similar to try and force your browser to download it.
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There is a server, there is a web service (asp.net).
On the server, through postman I send img in base64 format, it appears in the specified folder, everything works fine.
And here already from the outside when I send too the status OK, upload goes, but in a folder on the server does not appear.
In what there can be a problem?
I understood what was my problem:
When i send file from the server itself, the file was saved by the specified path in the method, and from the outside the default path is different.
Perhaps someone will help in this information.
I've downloaded the .Net Server and ajax library
We need to be able to edit documents directly from the WebDav Server.
I've succeeded doing so with the javascript code using MicrosoftOfficeEditDocument and JavaEditDocument
I'd like to be able to have in my pages a link as follows
\server\DAV\path\file
When I place a similar link like above, it doesn't open the file. When I copy link and place in windows run command, it opens
Is it possible to have direct links to webdav storage files for opening?
Also, Is there a planned solution for the jar file running in Chrome?
I've followed the instruction for https://java.com/en/download/faq/chrome.xml#npapichrome
This allows chrome to load the jar file, but They say they stop supporting.
To open a document from a web page your link must be HTTP or HTTPS, that is start with http://server/. It would not work with a network path.
In your case URL must look like http://server/DAV/path/file.ext
Here's what I would like to accomplish:
I have a file stored in Windows Azure Blob Storage (or for that matter any file which is not on my web server but accessible via a URL).
I want to force download a file without actually downloading the file on my web server first i.e. browser should automatically fetch the file from this external URL and prompts the user to download it.
Possible Solutions Explored:
Here's what I have explored so far (and why they won't work):
Using something like FileContentResult as described here Returning a file to View/Download in ASP.NET MVC to download the file. This solution would require me to fetch the contents on my server and then stream from my server to the browser. For this reason this solution won't work.
Using HTML 5 download attribute: HTML 5 download attribute would have worked perfectly fine however the problem is that while it is really a very neat solution, it is not supported in all browsers.
Changing the file's content type: Another thing I could do (at least for the files that I own) to change the content type property of the file to something that the browser wouldn't understand and thus would be forced to download the file. This might work in some browsers however not in all as IE is smart enough to go beyond the content type and sees the file's content to determine the content type. Furthermore if I don't own the files, then I won't have access to changing the content type of the file.
Simply put, in my controller action I should be able to specify the URL of the file and somehow browser should force download the file.
Is this something which can be accomplished? If yes, then any ideas how I could accomplish this?
Simply put, in my controller action I should be able to specify the URL of the file and somehow browser should force download the file [without exposing the URL of the file to the client].
You can't. If the final URL is to remain hidden, your server must serve the data, so your server must download the file from the URL.
Your client can't download a file it can't get the URL to.
You can create file transfer WCF service (REST) which will stream your content from blob storage or from other sources through your file managers to client browser directly by URL.
https://{service}/FileTransfer/DownloadFile/{id, synonym, filename etc}
Blob path won't be exposed, web application will be free from file transfer issues.
When I try to access a file extension .dae on IIS server... I get this error:
The page you are requesting cannot be served because of the extension configuration. If the page is a script, add a handler. If the file should be downloaded, add a MIME map.
Looks like I am not able to configure something on my IIS Server. Can somebody please direct me to the right places. I am using Visual Express 2012 for web.
Since directory browsing is disabled for you, only few file types are accessible for the client,
like scripts and images.
In order to allow other file types, try this link. don't forget to replace the dmg with dae of course.
consider my file
Test.mxml
output file
Test.swf
Each time i make some changes in Test.mxml corresoping swf file is generated.
But this is causing some problem in proxy server.
When i change the version of swf file generated its working fine(im able to see new changes as proxy server will load the new renamed file)(i tried versioning)
I cant see my changed swf file, its giving me cached swf file because of which the changes are not reflected.
A few approaches to handle this:
It may be possible to tell your proxy not to cache this file if you have any control over it.
Sometimes people use the "Random number" technique to prevent files from being cached. that is, in your HTML page that wraps your SWF; add a random number to the SWF location. Conceptually like this myswf.swf?someRandomNumber .
Every time you deploy a new build you could change the filename.
You can also try having your browser send the no-cache headers, which causes the (WebSphere Edge) proxy server to dump its cached copy too. In Firefox, at least, Shift-Reload does this. I think that's true in IE and maybe Chrome too.