download issue

[Kamel]

hello everyone ,
I'm facing issue during download file that am uploading to server with extension *.dwg ( Autocad files ) .
thing is the uploading side works perfectly when i try to upload for example these 2 files

test.dwg
test.xls

the first file uploaded successfully but when i try to download it ... it just excute when i paste the path to the file and without any warning it just excute and shows the assci code for the file on the browser. the download button give no message when i click in it.
the second file is uploaded successfully when i try to download it .. it just work perfectly .

so most probably the issue is with the file type .

is there any way i can download the dwg files without any problem.

Note: i have added the file type into allowed files for security.

Thanks,,,

[Lenny Forziati]

Re: download issue

.DWG is not a known file extension to the Application Server, so it is sent using the default MIME type (text/html), causing your browser to display it directly. Unfortunately the V10 server uses an internal list for MIME types so you cannot add a MIME type yourself.

You can use the following Xbasic to explicitly set the MIME type and send the file:

dim DWGfile as c = "c:\path\to\your\file.dwg"
if file.exists(DWGfile) then
    Response.Mime_Type = "application/acad"
    ?file.to_blob(DWGfile)
else
    Response.Redirect("not found.a5w")
end if

[Kamel]

Re: download issue

Thanks Lenny,
But where I should to add this code because I'm using "File Download Event" and no "server-side events" field to add xBasic code ?!?!?!?
Please explain it,

and thanks again..

[Kamel]

Re: download issue

the ZIP file is also not working fine with file download Action Javascript ?!?!?

please any help ?!?

[Kamel]

Re: download issue

I treed this code:

'dim DWGfile as c = e._currentRowDataNew.ceiling_drawing
dim DWGfile as c = "C:\A5Webroot\maps-system\1.dwg"
if file.exists(DWGfile) then
    Response.Mime_Type = "application/acad"
    ?file.to_blob(DWGfile)
    e.ajaxCallBackType = "FileDownload"
    e.fileToDownload = DWGfile
else
    'e.Message = "Error"
end if

but it still not working ?!?!

[Kamel]

XBasic Code to File Download

Hi All,
I'm using file download in Action JavaScript with type "AjaxCallBack" because I need to download files like .dwg (autocad files)
So I should to add code to make like this file is known to the Application Server,
In the first I used this code:

    dim DWGfile as c = "C:\A5Webroot\maps-system\1.dwg"
    e.ajaxCallBackType = "FileDownload"
    e.fileToDownload = DWGfile

it's work fine with known extensions like (doc, xls) but it's not working with (dwg, zip, rar) I don't know why not working with (zip, rar)
after that someone suggest me code to work with unknown extensions like (dwg) and he say "You can use the following Xbasic to explicitly set the MIME type and send the file:"

dim DWGfile as c = "c:\path\to\your\file.dwg"
if file.exists(DWGfile) then
    Response.Mime_Type = "application/acad"
    ?file.to_blob(DWGfile)
else
    Response.Redirect("not found.a5w")
end if

But it didn't work,,,,
So please any help or suggest XBasic code to download any file type ?????

thanks in advance...

[wburchell]

Re: download issue

Hi Kamel, have you managed to get any success with this? I am having similar issues downloading emails (msg files) and would like to try Lenny Forziati's solution. Like you I am unsure how to use the code he provided, but am sure he has the solution as Selwyn confirms that I am also suffering a MIME type issue (Lenny, can you assist further?). Any help would make my client very happy

[Lenny Forziati]

Re: download issue

V11 allows server administrators to define any MIME type desired, so it is a simple matter to add support for any file extension there. V10 does not have this functionality, so you need to add Xbasic code to set the Response.Mime_Type property explicitly. This should be done on the A5W page that is serving the file for you.

If you are trying to serve a file with an unsupported MIME type in V10 by linking directly to it, it will not work as the default MIME type (text/html) will be used for any unrecognized file extension. In this case, you will need to create an A5W page to serve the file for you, using the sample code I posted previously as a starting point.

(Also, V11 recognized .dwg and .msg file extensions by default, so there isn't even any need there to manually add support for these two types.)