Hi all,
I try to download a mdb file. If I simply display a link to the file,
the right-click/Save Target As doesn't work.
I couild rename the mdb file into a zip file, I think the download would
work, but the user would have to rename the zip file into a mdb file,
and I try to avoid this.
Here is the code I have so far:
<%
Response.Conten tType = "text/plain"
Response.AddHea der "Content-Transfer-Encoding", "binary;"
Response.AddHea der "Content-Disposition", "attachment ;
filename=backup .mdb;"
thepath = server.mappath( "/") & "\test\backup.m db"
Set fsob = Server.CreateOb ject("Scripting .FileSystemObje ct")
set thefile = fsob.OpenTextFi le(thepath)
response.Binary Write(thefile.R eadAll)
set fsob = Nothing
set thefile = Nothing
%>
The file is downloaded and saved on the local HD, but it is corrupted
and I can't open it with Access.
The mdb file on the server is 2,7 Mb and the locally saved file is 5,3
Mb.
I don't know exactly where is the problem. In the ContentType, in the
Encoding?
Or maybe the problem is in the OpenTextFile? Not the right way to open a
mdb file?
Does anybody know how to fix this code?
TIA
Yan
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news:40******** *******@skynet. be... Hi all,
I try to download a mdb file. If I simply display a link to the file,
the right-click/Save Target As doesn't work.
it works when i try it
I couild rename the mdb file into a zip file, I think the download would
work, but the user would have to rename the zip file into a mdb file,
and I try to avoid this.
Here is the code I have so far:
<%
Response.Conten tType = "text/plain"
Response.AddHea der "Content-Transfer-Encoding", "binary;"
Response.AddHea der "Content-Disposition", "attachment ;
filename=backup .mdb;"
thepath = server.mappath( "/") & "\test\backup.m db"
Set fsob = Server.CreateOb ject("Scripting .FileSystemObje ct")
set thefile = fsob.OpenTextFi le(thepath)
response.Binary Write(thefile.R eadAll)
set fsob = Nothing
set thefile = Nothing
%>
The file is downloaded and saved on the local HD, but it is corrupted
and I can't open it with Access.
The mdb file on the server is 2,7 Mb and the locally saved file is 5,3
Mb.
I don't know exactly where is the problem. In the ContentType, in the
Encoding?
Or maybe the problem is in the OpenTextFile? Not the right way to open a
mdb file?
Does anybody know how to fix this code?
TIA
Yan
Right-click/Save Target As on a regular link to an .mdb file should
work.
Best regards,
J. Paul Schmidt, Freelance ASP Web Consultant http://www.Bullschmidt.com
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Hi Paul,
Bullschmidt wrote: Right-click/Save Target As on a regular link to an .mdb file should
work.
It should....but it doesn't.
Could it be because Access is not installed on the client?
I have tried with a text file and jpg file, it works as expected.
Thank you for the response.
Yan
If you have a web page with a link to it then it can be downloaded.
The referrer will allow it. No referrer = no download.
Example htm page:
<a href="data.mdb" >Download database file</a>
'dlbjr
'Unambit from meager knowledge of inane others,engender uncharted sagacity.
Hello,
Bullschmidt wrote: Right-click/Save Target As on a regular link to an .mdb file should
work.
I have tried to download from a client with Access installed, and it
doesn't work.
So the problem is on the server. I will post in a IIS related news
group.
Thank you anyway.
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