Re: How To Get a File to Download?

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From: MD Websunlimited (none_at_none.com)
Date: 06/09/04


Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 07:11:38 -0500

Hi Roadie,

Check with your ISP / WPP to see if a MIME type can be set for the extension.

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"Roadie" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1a09f01c44dcd$54ad1440$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> When creating a hyperlink to a file that should download,
> such as a file that ends in ".exe" or ".zip", when the
> user clicks on the hyperlink the File Download dialog box
> will automatically come up requsting the user to Open or
> Download.
>
> My problem is the file name I need the users to download
> ends in ".737" and the browser will generate a 404 error
> instead of initiating a download.
>
> Is there a way to get FrontPage to recognize this file
> type as a download-type file such as the ".exe"
> and ".zip" are?
>
> Many Thanks,
> Roadie
>


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