Forms : Two problems

tvandell

I have to deliver pdf files content to my users (all files indexed in a mysql D😎
The 1st form allows the user to select the document type & number (POST method)

It then calls the the query result page that is displayed as a table : each line contains the document name and a link to the pdf like this🙁I'm paging through the records to display e.g 10 records per page if necessary)

print("<FORM METHOD=\"post\" style=\"margin-bottom:0\" action=\"uploadtest4.php\" target=\"_blank\">");
print ("<font face=\"Verdana\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"SITENAME\" value=$SITENAME>");
print("<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"context\" value=$result[name].pdf>");
print ("<INPUT TYPE=\"image\" src=\"pdf.gif\" size=\"14\ maxlength=\"14\" border=\"0\" ENCTYPE=\"multipart/form-data\" ");
print (" target=\"_blank\" ><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"target\" value=\"_blank\"></left></font></form></td>");
print "</tr>";

uploadtest4.php is used to display the pdf using the following method after I copied the doc to a temp directory:
$fd=fopen($dest,"rb");
fpassthru($fd);
fclose($fd);

Problem 1:
I want to display the pdf in a new window.
OK for the records on the first page of results, but does not work if I need to go to another result pages

Problem 2:
After having diplayed a pdf, if I select an other option in my main menu, I get the following:

Method Not Allowed
The requested method POST is not allowed for the URL /eng/spec/flow.htm
ok after a page refresh or if I select on other menu option

Running on NT4, PHP4.0.6, Apache 1.3.22

Any help much apreciated.

Thanks

Anon

upgrade to win2000 pro or run on *nix.

this seems like a configuration problem.

tvandell

OK ... found the solution for my 1st problem in Technet article Q189408

But the 2nd problem persists ... as soon as I haved finished displaying the pdf files from my form, the first html I'm trying to display gives the HTTP 405 error:

405 Method Not Allowed

The method specified in the Request Line is not allowed for the resource identified by the request. Please ensure that you have the proper MIME type set up for the resource you are requesting.

Reminder: the PHP scripts calls the pdf files this way :
header("Content-type: application/pdf");
$fd=fopen($dest,"rb");
fpassthru($fd);
fclose($fd);

Thanks in advance.