Rogue: >> The file that I am trying to load is a OOo -> PDF document -> Uploaded >> onto the web. http://roguexz.googlepages.com/HarshaRamesh.pdf >> I do not think that it is an issue with the document per se, or is it? Frank Cox: > Actually, it is a problem with that document, or at least with the way that > your webserver is providing it. > > I get the "what to do with this file" dialog when I try to open that too, but I > don't see it when I click on other PDF files. [tim@bigblack ~]$ lynx --head http://roguexz.googlepages.com/HarshaRamesh.pdf HTTP/1.0 200 OK Last-Modified: Fri, 08 Jun 2007 22:27:20 GMT Cache-control: public Expires: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:33:53 GMT Content-Length: 100044 Content-Type: application/octet-stream Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:33:53 GMT Server: GFE/1.3 Connection: Keep-Alive "application/octet-stream" just means that this is some unidentified binary, and the downloading application will have to figure out what to do with it after it downloads. You can't allocate a specific program to that MIME type, because *any* sort of binary file can be sent that way. The next non-PDF file would cause you similar problems. It should be sent as "application/pdf", then your agent knows what it's going to get, and can act in a manner predetermined specifically for that file type. If the OP can control their server, they should "add" that MIME type to the configuration. I don't know what customisations you can do with googlepages, but I would have thought anything associated with Google would have a proper MIME type set up for PDF. If you can't do it yourself, e-mail to their support staff. -- [tim@bigblack ~]$ rm -rfd /*^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Huname -ipr 2.6.21-1.3228.fc7 i686 i386 Using FC 4, 5, 6 & 7, plus CentOS 5. Today, it's FC7. Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
