file download probs

I'm trying to find the best way to allow web visitors to download text
files (.txt, .wri & .zap file extensions).
I'm having some luck. I say some because the open/save box opens with IE
but not Netscape. On Netscape rather than give the user the save option
it simply displays the file. I also see problems on the mac platform -
no save box - it displays the file as in netscape.
Is there a universally accepted way of doing this sort of activity? Must
I write a program?
I will appreciate any help on this.
Jim

re: file download probs

jim wrote:[color=blue]
> I'm trying to find the best way to allow web visitors to download text
> files (.txt, .wri & .zap file extensions).[/color]

The user decides what to do with files by setting options in her/his
browser. This includes txt files.
[color=blue]
> I'm having some luck. I say some because the open/save box opens with IE
> but not Netscape. On Netscape rather than give the user the save option
> it simply displays the file. I also see problems on the mac platform -
> no save box - it displays the file as in netscape.[/color]

And then the user can save the file by the usual means (control-s, or
Menu -> File -> Save).
[color=blue]
> Is there a universally accepted way of doing this sort of activity? Must
> I write a program[/color]

What sort of program did you have in mind? Your own browser?

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re: file download probs

In article <bjqgo2$8e7$1@stingray.cca-int.com> in
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html, jim <jim
<""jmarnell\"@N0$PAM.com>> wrote:[color=blue]
>I'm trying to find the best way to allow web visitors to download text
>files (.txt, .wri & .zap file extensions).
>I'm having some luck. I say some because the open/save box opens with IE
>but not Netscape.[/color]

Two possibilities:

(1) User has set up the to browsers with different options for those
file types.

(2) Server is not correctly configured, and MSIE guesses at the file
type but NN (correctly) does not.

If only you told us the URL ...

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