ASP download for PDF files not working

[Astra]

Hi All

The following ASP routine allows me to force a PDF file to download rather
than show up in IE:

Response.ContentType = "application/asp-unknown" ' arbitrary

Response.AddHeader "content-disposition","attachment; filename=" & theFile

Set adoStream = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Stream")

adoStream.Open()

adoStream.Type = 1

adoStream.LoadFromFile(thePath)

Response.BinaryWrite adoStream.Read()

adoStream.Close

Set adoStream = Nothing

Response.End

This works fine for 250KB - 500KB PDF files, but I've just uploaded a 6MB
file and it simply doesn't seem to do anything. The code does nothing which
in turn means that the standard Save dialogue box can't find the file.

Any ideas on what I can do?

Rgds

Robbie

[Jeff Cochran]

On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 11:49:56 +0100, "Astra" <in**@NoEmail.com> wrote:

Hi All

The following ASP routine allows me to force a PDF file to download rather
than show up in IE:

Response.ContentType = "application/asp-unknown" ' arbitrary

Response.AddHeader "content-disposition","attachment; filename=" & theFile

Set adoStream = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Stream")

adoStream.Open()

adoStream.Type = 1

adoStream.LoadFromFile(thePath)

Response.BinaryWrite adoStream.Read()

adoStream.Close

Set adoStream = Nothing

Response.End

This works fine for 250KB - 500KB PDF files, but I've just uploaded a 6MB
file and it simply doesn't seem to do anything. The code does nothing which
in turn means that the standard Save dialogue box can't find the file.

Any ideas on what I can do?

How do you know it does nothing?

Jeff

[Laphan]

Hi Jeff

Sorry for the delay in coming back to you.

Basically I know it isn't reading the file in properly, because when the
download is trying to initiate I can see that it doesn't know what the
filename is and therefore says that it can't find the path.

It can't be a fault of the code, because the exact same code works if the
file is smaller.

Rgds

Laphan
Jeff Cochran <je*********@zina.com> wrote in message
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On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 11:49:56 +0100, "Astra" <in**@NoEmail.com> wrote:

Hi All

The following ASP routine allows me to force a PDF file to download rather
than show up in IE:

Response.ContentType = "application/asp-unknown" ' arbitrary

Response.AddHeader "content-disposition","attachment; filename=" & theFile

Set adoStream = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Stream")

adoStream.Open()

adoStream.Type = 1

adoStream.LoadFromFile(thePath)

Response.BinaryWrite adoStream.Read()

adoStream.Close

Set adoStream = Nothing

Response.End

This works fine for 250KB - 500KB PDF files, but I've just uploaded a 6MB
file and it simply doesn't seem to do anything. The code does nothing which
in turn means that the standard Save dialogue box can't find the file.

Any ideas on what I can do?

How do you know it does nothing?

Jeff