Downloading Windows CHM files with Netscape

From: Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 18:06:30 +0000
Subject: Downloading Windows CHM files with Netscape
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Hello, I have been trying to download the Windows help file for PHP from the download documentation page on several of the US mirror sites (e.g. http://us2.php.net/download-docs.php and others) and have run into several problems. I think the problems are due to using Netscape, or rather that I'm not using Internet Explorer. 1/ If I click on the CHM link for the English version (http://us2.php.net/distributions/manual/manual-en.chm) I get a browser screen full of junk. I think this indicates that the server is not configured to tell the browser the correct MIME type for a CHM file. This error would not show up with IE since IE uses the Windows file assignments in preference to the MIME type. 2/ If I right click and choose "Save Link As..." I get random file sizes, and the downloaded file seems to be corrupt. I'm wondering if this is due to the server telling the browser that it's a text/plain file and the browser is translating line endings? I hope this helps. Richard Siddall P.S. Great page! I love getting all those options for documentation format. Could I suggest that you add a small explanation of some of the formats? I own a Palm but don't know the pros and cons of DOC versus iSilo.

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