PDF file and Apache

Hi everyone,

I was just wondering if there is anything that has to be done to Apache, in order to serve .pdf files.

in IE the first page loads, but hangs when you try to go to the next page.

in Netscape an error pops up on the screen and no page is displayed.

This is Apache on NT4

thanks
Adam

First off, I don't know anything about Apache in win32 environment.

On server side, pdf extension is being sent to client as application/pdf. On the client side, it the browser understands this extension (like having acrobat reader or acrobat installed), your file.pdf will then be opened within browser window.

I am not sure if your question has anything to do with Apache at all. The only possible is that you wanted Apache to send some other type to client other than application/pdf.

#http://domain.com/pdf/.htaccess

ForceType application/octet-stream

Then type: http://domain.com/pdf/blah.pdf

Note, M$ products have the tendency not to follow RFC standard. Just to name a few:

1) IE doesn't care what the server sends
2) Outlook doesn't follow RFC822 and separate the header and the body of an email with 2 blank lines
3) IE misbehaves (not closing a connection) when visiting https sites

Thanks for your reply.

I got an e-mail back this morning saying, that it must be the file that's messed up because they tried another one and it worked...

DAMN END USERS!!!!!

Adam