Re: Bypassing the 'open or save' dialog when outputting a docum ent

This is a client issue. There should be an option on the dialog box that you can check to do that. _j =P e p i e D e s i g n s www.pepiedesigns.com Providing Solutions That Increase Productivity Web Developement. Database. Hosting. Multimedia. On Fri, 19 Sep 2003, Curt Zirzow wrote: > * Thus wrote FLOWERS, Gareth (Gareth.FLOWERS@eur.crowncork.com): > > Hi, > > > > I'v created several pages for my company website that output php to MS Word > > and MS Excel. These work fine fine but as soon as you load the page you get > > a dialog that asks whether to open or save the document. We always select > > 'open' as we want view the contents in Excel/Word applications. > > Is there a way to stop this dialog box appearing everytime - can I just open > > the document without it appearing. I know theres a checkbox at the bottom of > > the dialog you can unitck but I only want this setting to apply to certain > > pages. > > Nope, unfortunately you don't have that power, and for good reasons. > It all depends on the client's file (mime/type) associations on > their local computer. > > If this were the case malicious people could force visitors to > launch an .eml file (or something containing a virus) without their > consent. > > Curt > -- > "I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure." > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >