Downloading MSWord docs

[Anon]

Hi Folks,

I have a 'little' problem with my downloading script. What i have is a list of files. When the user clicks on the files the downloading starts.
But what i want is a download-box (dialog) where the user can choose between "open" and "download" (I mean the standard download-box in Windows). Here are my download headers:

header( "Content-type: application/octet-stream");
header( "Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$filename");

On my computer this works fine, but my friends get that download box twice. And another friend only gets an error message that the file was not found.

Please help me!

Greetz from Holland!

Daniel Bakker

[jjoske]

I've come across getting the download box twice before, I've been told that it is a bug in IE5.x

[khaine]

I found a way to cheat this. First remove the line in your mime types file for doc files. then just create a link to the file something like <A href="file.doc">Download</A>
The server doesnt know what to do with it and opens a download box.

not ideal but it works.

Mark.