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I want to force the browser to download a pdf file.
I am using the following code :
<a href="../doc/quot.pdf" target=_blank>Click here to Download quotation</a> It makes the browser open the pdf in a new window, but I want it to download to the hard drive when a user clicks it.
I found that Content-disposition is used for this, but how do I use it in my case?
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1. Content Disposition Type : inline: This indicates that data should be displayed automatically on prompt in browser. attachment: This indicates that user should receive a prompt (usually a Save As dialog box) to save the file locally on the disk to access it.
Content-Disposition is an optional header and allows the sender to indicate a default archival disposition; a filename. The optional "filename" parameter provides for this. This header field definition is based almost verbatim on Experimental RFC 1806 by R. Troost and S.
The MIME Content-disposition header provides presentation information for the body-part. It is often added to attachments specifying whether the attachment body part should be displayed (inline) or presented as a file name to be copied (attachment).
On the HTTP Response where you are returning the PDF file, ensure the content disposition header looks like:
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=quot.pdf; See content-disposition on the wikipedia MIME page.
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