Hi, David: Thanks for your thoughts--and Happy New Year to you. I have the following response to my question from the ma-linux list which sounds correct to me, and have already forwarded my request on to Kirk: >From jamesjuran at alumni.psu.edu Tue Jan 1 12:26:57 2002 From: James Juran <jamesjuran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> You need to make sure the server generates the proper Content-type HTTP header. You need to make sure this gets set correctly by Apache to something like application/octet-stream. It's then up to the browser to decide what to do with files of type application/octet-stream. The default configuration in most browsers will give you the standard Download/Save/Cancel options. For information on setting this up in Apache, see http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_mime.html . -- James Juran jamesjuran at alumni.psu.edu On Tue, 1 Jan 2002, David Poehlman wrote: > Hi there janina! > I might be able to help, but first, have you found any pages that > proffer this with the the extention you are trying to code for? It > seems that your lynx is seeing .iso as some sort of readable text. This > may be changeable on your end but I wouldn't begin to know how to do it. > I know for instance, with ie, .pdf, .txt, .doc and many others act this > way unless you jump through hoops to prevent it. The most relyable way > I have found to provide file transferrability is to make zip or exe the > extention even if it is not really the extention and depending on how > the server is configured, you may have to use ftp:// in the hreff. > > I hope this helps. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at afb.net> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>; <ma-linux at tux.org> > Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 11:42 AM > Subject: HTML Question -- Binary Downloads > > > Can someone tell me what determines whether a hyperlinked file will be > treated as a text page to be retrieved and rendered as opposed to a > binary > file to be downloaded and saved? > > I'm writing a HOWTO and want to point to downloadable image files with > hyperlinks, but my links aren't working correctly. I've tried both > http:// > and ftp:// addressing, but always get the same result--my iso images are > grabbed as though they were text. What I'm wanting is the lynx screen > that > says "Download or Cancel." > > Is this a permissions issue? A server-side Apache configuration issue? > I'm > stumped. > > > All help most gratefully appreciated. > > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > http://www.openebook.org > > Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, > Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp > > Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther > King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at > http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp > > Learn how to make accessible software at > http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org
