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FAQ Topic - How do I prompt a "Save As" dialog for an
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It is not possible with client-side JavaScript.
Some browsers accept the Content-Disposition header, but this
must be added by the server. Taking the form:-
` Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=filena me.ext ` http://aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2161 http://support.microsoft.com/support.../Q260/5/19.ASP
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FAQ server wrote on 12 mei 2007 in comp.lang.javas cript:
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FAQ Topic - How do I prompt a "Save As" dialog for an
accepted mime type?
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It is not possible with client-side JavaScript.
Which is logical, my dear Watson Faq, as the below header line ASP-
insertion is "executed" in the browser BEFORE any clientside code runs.
From a clientside only webside point of view,
a view held by many clientside javascript programmers out of necessity,
the question realy is:
Is there anything in a clickable anchor, that forces such user response?
There is!
<a href='x.html'
onclick='alert( "please rightclick, choose `save as...`");return false;'
>download me</a>
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Some browsers accept the Content-Disposition header, but this
must be added by the server. Taking the form:-
` Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=filena me.ext `
<script language='jscri pt' runat='server'//ASP-enabled server needed
Response.AddHea der('content-disposition','a ttachment;filen ame=x.html');
</script> http://aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2161
[shows only ASP-vbscript]
>
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../Q260/5/19.ASP
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On May 12, 9:07 am, "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivo. ..@interxnl.net wrote:
FAQ server wrote on 12 mei 2007 in comp.lang.javas cript:
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FAQ Topic - How do I prompt a "Save As" dialog for an
accepted mime type?
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It is not possible with client-side JavaScript.
Which is logical, my dear Watson Faq, as the below header line ASP-
insertion is "executed" in the browser BEFORE any clientside code runs.
From a clientside only webside point of view,
a view held by many clientside javascript programmers out of necessity,
the question realy is:
Is there anything in a clickable anchor, that forces such user response?
There is!
<a href='x.html'
onclick='alert( "please rightclick, choose `save as...`");return false;'
download me</a>
=============== ===
Some browsers accept the Content-Disposition header, but this
must be added by the server. Taking the form:-
` Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=filena me.ext `
<script language='jscri pt' runat='server'//ASP-enabled server needed
Response.AddHea der('content-disposition','a ttachment;filen ame=x.html');
</script>
http://aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2161
[shows only ASP-vbscript]
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../Q260/5/19.ASP
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The Netherlands.
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<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<iframe frameborder="0" width="0" height="0" src="" id="file"
name="file"></iframe>
<a href="data:appl ication/vnd.ms-excel;base64,MS wyLDMsNA=="
target="file">c lick here</a>
</body>
</html>
shimmyshack wrote:
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<iframe frameborder="0" width="0" height="0" src="" id="file"
name="file"></iframe>
<a href="data:appl ication/vnd.ms-excel;base64,MS wyLDMsNA=="
target="file">c lick here</a>
</body>
</html>
I find it odd that only Opera gets it right.
Isn't this type of thing useless for all MIME types that the browser can
open natively?
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On May 12, 12:13 pm, -Lost <maventheextraw o...@techie.com wrote:
shimmyshack wrote:
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<iframe frameborder="0" width="0" height="0" src="" id="file"
name="file"></iframe>
<a href="data:appl ication/vnd.ms-excel;base64,MS wyLDMsNA=="
target="file">c lick here</a>
</body>
</html>
I find it odd that only Opera gets it right.
Isn't this type of thing useless for all MIME types that the browser can
open natively?
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-Lost
Remove the extra words to reply by e-mail. Don't e-mail me. I am
kidding. No I am not.
yes you are right.
but what if you dont set the correct mimetype for the file,
I haven't pushed at the edges on this one.
<html>
<body>
<iframe frameborder="0" width="100" height="100" src="" id="file"
name="file"></iframe>
<?php
$data = file_get_conten ts( 'http://groups.google.c om/groups/img/gicons/
science_n_techn ology_42.gif' );
#$mime = 'image/gif'; #true mimetype
$mime = 'application/x-unknown'; #arbitrary one
?>
<a href="data:data :<?php echo $mime; ?>;base64,<?ph p echo
base64_encode($ data);?>" target="file">c lick here</a>
</body>
</html>
The filename is the tough part, it's argueable whether a "save as"
dialog _is_ prompted for an accepted mime because we are setting an
unacceptable mime, for data which after all doesnt have an intrisic
mime. I just thought this was worth a mention, a curiosity for mozilla
based browsers, one wonders if it's a feature that might be removed
later - if it is never adopted by IE.
shimmyshack a écrit :
>
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<iframe frameborder="0" width="0" height="0" src="" id="file"
name="file"></iframe>
<a href="data:appl ication/vnd.ms-excel;base64,MS wyLDMsNA=="
target="file">c lick here</a>
</body>
</html>
Funny, on my Mac with FF in local, that opens Excel with in 1st cell
'1,2,3,4'
(after a dialog to 'open' or 'save' or 'cancel')
and ... nothing comes in the iframe.
the name of the sheat is : 5zfcwiy0-1.xls
- from where this name comes ?
- from where '1,2,3,4' comes ?
Where to find some more informations about this
href="data:appl ication/vnd.ms-excel;base64,.. ." ?
Can we use it with other applications !MS ?
application/openoffice.org;
application/another-application;
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On May 12, 2:16 pm, ASM <stephanemoriau x.NoAd...@wanad oo.fr.invalid>
wrote:
shimmyshack a écrit :
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<iframe frameborder="0" width="0" height="0" src="" id="file"
name="file"></iframe>
<a href="data:appl ication/vnd.ms-excel;base64,MS wyLDMsNA=="
target="file">c lick here</a>
</body>
</html>
Funny, on my Mac with FF in local, that opens Excel with in 1st cell
'1,2,3,4'
(after a dialog to 'open' or 'save' or 'cancel')
and ... nothing comes in the iframe.
the name of the sheat is : 5zfcwiy0-1.xls
- from where this name comes ?
- from where '1,2,3,4' comes ?
Where to find some more informations about this
href="data:appl ication/vnd.ms-excel;base64,.. ." ?
Can we use it with other applications !MS ?
application/openoffice.org;
application/another-application;
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Stephane Moriaux et son (moins) vieux Mac déjà dépassé
Stephane Moriaux and his (less) old Mac already out of date
i've seen it used in ajax apps a bit, for small images, not sure why,
perhaps just because they could.
its not M$ compaitible - they never implemented this.
the name is randomly generated by your OS, and the source
MSwyLDMsNA==
is 1,2,3,4 base64 encoded
here's a start: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2397.txt
and you could use it with whatever application deals with the mimetype
you specify in the source.
cool huh, but limited in scope
shimmyshack a écrit :
>
<html>
<body>
<iframe frameborder="0" width="100" height="100" src="" id="file"
name="file"></iframe>
<?php
$data = file_get_conten ts( 'http://groups.google.c om/groups/img/gicons/
science_n_techn ology_42.gif' );
How, with JS, could I get content of my image file ?
(gif image on same domain)
#$mime = 'image/gif'; #true mimetype
$mime = 'application/x-unknown'; #arbitrary one
?>
<a href="data:data :<?php echo $mime; ?>;base64,<?ph p echo
base64_encode($ data);?>" target="file">c lick here</a>
is it : href="data:data : ... "
or : href="data: ... "
?
</body>
</html>
The filename is the tough part, it's argueable whether a "save as"
dialog _is_ prompted for an accepted mime because we are setting an
unacceptable mime, for data which after all doesnt have an intrisic
mime. I just thought this was worth a mention, a curiosity for mozilla
based browsers, one wonders if it's a feature that might be removed
later - if it is never adopted by IE.
Tried with FF followed code (*) :
onclick="parent .myfile.locatio n.href='data:im age/gif;base64,'+
encodeBase64(do cument.images[0].src); return false;"
but the iframe tells :
picture “data:image/gif;base64,blah ”
can't be dispayed because of errors.
Think 'data' is the image's url (encoded in base 64)
(*) encodeBase64() is a JS encoding function found here :
<http://www.ioswebdesig n.com/index.php/2006/12/06/>
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Stephane Moriaux et son (moins) vieux Mac déjà dépassé
Stephane Moriaux and his (less) old Mac already out of date
On May 12, 2:52 pm, ASM <stephanemoriau x.NoAd...@wanad oo.fr.invalid>
wrote:
shimmyshack a écrit :
<html>
<body>
<iframe frameborder="0" width="100" height="100" src="" id="file"
name="file"></iframe>
<?php
$data = file_get_conten ts( 'http://groups.google.c om/groups/img/gicons/
science_n_techn ology_42.gif' );
How, with JS, could I get content of my image file ?
(gif image on same domain)
#$mime = 'image/gif'; #true mimetype
$mime = 'application/x-unknown'; #arbitrary one
?>
<a href="data:data :<?php echo $mime; ?>;base64,<?ph p echo
base64_encode($ data);?>" target="file">c lick here</a>
is it : href="data:data : ... "
or : href="data: ... "
?
</body>
</html>
The filename is the tough part, it's argueable whether a "save as"
dialog _is_ prompted for an accepted mime because we are setting an
unacceptable mime, for data which after all doesnt have an intrisic
mime. I just thought this was worth a mention, a curiosity for mozilla
based browsers, one wonders if it's a feature that might be removed
later - if it is never adopted by IE.
Tried with FF followed code (*) :
onclick="parent .myfile.locatio n.href='data:im age/gif;base64,'+
encodeBase64(do cument.images[0].src); return false;"
but the iframe tells :
picture "data:image/gif;base64,blah "
can't be dispayed because of errors.
Think 'data' is the image's url (encoded in base 64)
(*) encodeBase64() is a JS encoding function found here :
<http://www.ioswebdesig n.com/index.php/2006/12/06/>
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Stephane Moriaux et son (moins) vieux Mac déjà dépassé
Stephane Moriaux and his (less) old Mac already out of date
I think it's the binary data.
What you would do is have an XHR call return base64 encoded data from
a serverside script, the string would then not have errors. Depending
on the browser, there might be a limit to the size of the image, this
method would be best for very small images.
ASM wrote:
Where to find some more informations about this
href="data:appl ication/vnd.ms-excel;base64,.. ." ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data:_URI_scheme
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