Re: popping up download dialog box

Binay Agarwal <binay@m-web.com> wrote: > Hi every body ! > > I am writing a script which pops up download dialog box on click of a Link. > > Headers i m sending out for downloading jpegs are: > > header("Cache-control: private"); > header("Content-Type: image/jpeg"); > header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream"); > header("Content-Length: $size"); > header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$fname"); > header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary"); > readfile($fname); > > All these work well in MSIE 5.0+ and Netscape 4.7+ . But on Mac I.E its not popping up the > dialog box rather it opens up the jpg file in the browser window. I don know where am i doing wrong. > Please suggest me . I cracked my mind for hours but in vain. So please help me out. No matter what you do you cant guarantee that the pop-up box, it all depends on how the client's browswer software wants to do with that paticular mime-type. have you tried sending out something like just to see something unknown forces it to open: header("Content-Type: application/makeupyourown"); Curt. --