[NTLUG:Discuss] HTML question

[Stephen Davidson]

Hi Fred.

Some Servers are smart enough (or can be programmed to) compress the
outbound data automatically (via gzip for example) and the browser will
uncompress automatically (w/o needing to query the user). Speeds up
transfer of stuff like images, files, etc (usually).

Regards,
Steve

fredjame wrote:
> That sounds like what I want, and it sound simple too.  I am assuming 
> that if it will do a spread sheet it shouldn't have any problem with a 
> tar/gzip file.  Thanks
> 
> David Camm wrote:
> 
>> not sure what you mean by 'tag' but here's the scenario:
>>
>> let's say you have the following in an html document:
>>
>> <a href="spreadsheet1.xls">Download this spreadhseet</a>
>>
>> when clicked, the file will be sent to the browser. since this doesn't 
>> have a mime type of text/html the browser will look in it's mime -> 
>> application table.
>> if it finds .xls is associated with an application, it will pipe the 
>> file to that application. otherwise it will ask the use what to do - 
>> generally either save the file or choose an application with wich to 
>> display the file.
>>
>> hope this answers the question
>>
>> david camm
>> advanced web systems
>> keller, tx
>>
>> fredjame wrote:
>>
>>> Is there a way in html to tag files for download through the browser?
>>
>>

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