Response.ContentType = "Application/pdf"

[Bjorn Sagbakken]

With ASP.NET 2.0
I'm trying to display the pdf file directly in the client browser, but I
only get a download dialogue box. Downloading the file works fine, but I
want to view the PDF directly.

I get the same response with:

Response.Conten tType="Applicat ion/X-unknown" which is more understandable.

The Response.Conten tType="Applicat ion/pdf" doesn't seem to tell the browser
that this actually is a PDF-file.

Mybe there is only a mistyping, but I shuld like a complete list of the
options for ContentType, like what phrase to use for all kind of files.
Anyone that knows where to find this?

(I have searched through help without finding a listing of all the filetypes
available)

Bjorn

[Mark Fitzpatrick]

Re: Response.Conten tType = "Applicati on/pdf"

Bjorn,
You won't find a listing of possible contenttypes because there is
no set list. The content type just sets the MIME type for an element. MIME
types are constantly being expanded upon as new file formats are being
developed.

You can google for them. There's a table with a number of major MIME
types at:

http://www.utoronto.ca/webdocs/HTMLdocs/Book/Book-3ed/appb/mimetype.html

Application/pdf should work. The Application/X-unknown is the one
that developers use to force the browser to download the file. It could also
be an issue where your browser is not associating the pdf file with the
viewer correctly.
--
Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Former Microsoft FrontPage MVP 199?-2006


"Bjorn Sagbakken" <bjo-sag@online.nowr ote in message
news:xYidnXKxw-4NO8HbRVnzvAA@t elenor.com...

With ASP.NET 2.0
I'm trying to display the pdf file directly in the client browser, but I
only get a download dialogue box. Downloading the file works fine, but I
want to view the PDF directly.
>
I get the same response with:
>
Response.Conten tType="Applicat ion/X-unknown" which is more understandable.
>
The Response.Conten tType="Applicat ion/pdf" doesn't seem to tell the
browser that this actually is a PDF-file.
>
Mybe there is only a mistyping, but I shuld like a complete list of the
options for ContentType, like what phrase to use for all kind of files.
Anyone that knows where to find this?
>
(I have searched through help without finding a listing of all the
filetypes available)
>
Bjorn
>

[Steve C. Orr [MCSD, MVP, CSM, ASP Insider]]

Re: Response.Conten tType = &quot;Applicati on/pdf&quot;

Try adding this line:
Response.AddHea der("Content-Disposition", "inline;filenam e="Filename.pdf ");

--
I hope this helps,
Steve C. Orr,
MCSD, MVP, CSM, ASPInsider

http://SteveOrr.net

"Bjorn Sagbakken" <bjo-sag@online.nowr ote in message
news:xYidnXKxw-4NO8HbRVnzvAA@t elenor.com...

With ASP.NET 2.0
I'm trying to display the pdf file directly in the client browser, but I
only get a download dialogue box. Downloading the file works fine, but I
want to view the PDF directly.
>
I get the same response with:
>
Response.Conten tType="Applicat ion/X-unknown" which is more understandable.
>
The Response.Conten tType="Applicat ion/pdf" doesn't seem to tell the
browser that this actually is a PDF-file.
>
Mybe there is only a mistyping, but I shuld like a complete list of the
options for ContentType, like what phrase to use for all kind of files.
Anyone that knows where to find this?
>
(I have searched through help without finding a listing of all the
filetypes available)
>
Bjorn
>

[Bjorn Sagbakken]

Re: Response.Conten tType = &quot;Applicati on/pdf&quot;

Response.AddHea der("Content-Disposition", "inline;filenam e="Filename.pdf ")
This result in a blank screen. Right-clicking on the form to view source for
curiosity show this message:
"The XML source file is unavailable for viewing" --But I have not added
anything XML-like to my form.
Note, I retrieve the pdf from a SQL server, using
"Response.Binar yWrite(FileByte )" as output.

Response.AddHea der("Content-Disposition",
"attachment;fil ename="Filename .pdf")
This causes the download box to appear. Ok for the moment, but not as
intended.

I just don't know why this happens. Maybe something in the @ page area or in
the html-header of the file?
Or in the settings of the browser?

Bjorn

"Steve C. Orr [MCSD, MVP, CSM, ASP Insider]" <Steve@Orr.netw rote in
message news:BFA4B09F-E1BA-45DF-A8D3-872CD60A165D@mi crosoft.com...

Try adding this line:
Response.AddHea der("Content-Disposition",
"inline;filenam e="Filename.pdf ");
>
--
I hope this helps,
Steve C. Orr,
MCSD, MVP, CSM, ASPInsider

http://SteveOrr.net

>
>
"Bjorn Sagbakken" <bjo-sag@online.nowr ote in message
news:xYidnXKxw-4NO8HbRVnzvAA@t elenor.com...

>With ASP.NET 2.0
>I'm trying to display the pdf file directly in the client browser, but I
>only get a download dialogue box. Downloading the file works fine, but I
>want to view the PDF directly.
>>
>I get the same response with:
>>
>Response.Conte ntType="Applica tion/X-unknown" which is more
>understandable .
>>
>The Response.Conten tType="Applicat ion/pdf" doesn't seem to tell the
>browser that this actually is a PDF-file.
>>
>Mybe there is only a mistyping, but I shuld like a complete list of the
>options for ContentType, like what phrase to use for all kind of files.
>Anyone that knows where to find this?
>>
>(I have searched through help without finding a listing of all the
>filetypes available)
>>
>Bjorn
>>

>

[Bjorn Sagbakken]

Re: Response.Conten tType = &quot;Applicati on/pdf&quot;

Thanks,

Your link was just what I was looking for.

Bjorn
"Mark Fitzpatrick" <markfitz@fitzm e.comwrote in message
news:uUixwLkoHH A.4400@TK2MSFTN GP03.phx.gbl...

Bjorn,
You won't find a listing of possible contenttypes because there is
no set list. The content type just sets the MIME type for an element. MIME
types are constantly being expanded upon as new file formats are being
developed.
>
You can google for them. There's a table with a number of major
MIME types at:

http://www.utoronto.ca/webdocs/HTMLdocs/Book/Book-3ed/appb/mimetype.html

>
Application/pdf should work. The Application/X-unknown is the one
that developers use to force the browser to download the file. It could
also be an issue where your browser is not associating the pdf file with
the viewer correctly.
--
Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Former Microsoft FrontPage MVP 199?-2006
>
>
"Bjorn Sagbakken" <bjo-sag@online.nowr ote in message
news:xYidnXKxw-4NO8HbRVnzvAA@t elenor.com...

>With ASP.NET 2.0
>I'm trying to display the pdf file directly in the client browser, but I
>only get a download dialogue box. Downloading the file works fine, but I
>want to view the PDF directly.
>>
>I get the same response with:
>>
>Response.Conte ntType="Applica tion/X-unknown" which is more
>understandable .
>>
>The Response.Conten tType="Applicat ion/pdf" doesn't seem to tell the
>browser that this actually is a PDF-file.
>>
>Mybe there is only a mistyping, but I shuld like a complete list of the
>options for ContentType, like what phrase to use for all kind of files.
>Anyone that knows where to find this?
>>
>(I have searched through help without finding a listing of all the
>filetypes available)
>>
>Bjorn
>>

>
>