Tim wrote:
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.
That explains a lot!! I just tried opening up a file from the hard drive
through firefox and it sure did open up within the browser! :-)
later,
Rogue
