Re: Why IE force files with PKG extension to download as ZIP

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Robert Aldwinckle wrote:

>> 2. If the server-provided MIME type is either known or ambiguous,
>> the buffer is scanned in an attempt to verify or obtain a MIME type
>> from the actual content. If a positive match is found (one of the
>> hard-coded tests succeeded), this MIME type is immediately returned
>> as the final determination, overriding the server-provided MIME type
>> (this type of
>> behavior is necessary to identify a .gif file being sent as
>> text/html).
>> During scanning, it is determined if the buffer is predominantly
>> text or binary. </quote>

Yes, I also found that statement. What is puzzling me is that IE should NOT
look for a content type IF content type is ALREADY provided INSIDE tje tag
by "type" attribute.

>> What does the first 256 bytes of the content look like?

ZIP compressed file, of course, but IE should NOT change the extension by
default! Since the file HAS an extension, why IE should be so arrogant to
decide to change it? Please, NOTE that the problem is NOT to fix the IE
behaviour on MY machine. The problem is that ALL users of my applications
who are downloading a PKG module, have the module renamed as a ZIP file!

>> Do you have an entry for x-pkg in the registry?
>> (I assume that would help make it "known")
>> <example>
>> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIME\Database\Content Type\application/x-pkg
>> </example>

Therefore, any fix to my system is of NO help, and I cannot ask my users to
edit the registry. Most of them are even unware of the existence of registry
in Windows. They are END-users.

>> I would like to see some documentation which describes
>> how to diagnose problems such as your case,
>> e.g. some trace records generated by the cited procedure
>> but I haven't found any.

I would like to see too. Anyway I am upset by the fact that Microsoft does
not honor the W3C standards. I was told that IE7 will not support CSS2. I
hope is not true. But if IT IS true, I will ignore that fact and code for
firefox, even if that will make my sites and pages not perfect in IE. We
have to send as strong message to Microsoft: you have GOOD products but BAD
policies. Please, CHANGE.


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