PDF File on Download...

It's a PDF file when it is downloaded but it is seen by a browser in the open file process as a .txt file...

How or why is that?  When you tell it to download it starts to download and it asks you do you want to open it or save it.  If I say open it the browser is trying to open it as a .txt file but if I download it, it is a PDF...

Hmmm So confusing...

Csampson
Quote · 2 Dec 2014

Is this on one of those mobile devices I keep hearing about?  The thing is, the browser has to have the pdf plugin in order to open the file and display it.

Geeks, making the world a better place
Quote · 2 Dec 2014

The browser has the plugin but the extension is .pdf.txt 

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Csampson
Quote · 2 Dec 2014

 

The browser has the plugin but the extension is .pdf.txt 

OK, most windows based devices are going to determine what to open the file with by the last dot extension.  So if it is truly .pdf.txt, it will open the file as a text document.  a pdf file should not have that .txt extension, what place it there, or who placed it there?

Geeks, making the world a better place
Quote · 2 Dec 2014

Bingo that is my point...I didn't put it there windows is adding a .txt because you can clearly see it is a PDF file...

Csampson
Quote · 2 Dec 2014

Try a PDF from my site.

http://www.deanbassett.com/m/files/view/f1040es

This is what i see when i download it.



The file associations in windows is what controls what the choice is when the file is saved. If your getting txt then your pdf file associations in windows may be messed up.

Uninstalling the acrobat reader and re-installing it should repair those associations.

If when you download the PDF test file from my site it works as it should, then the most likely cause would be server side with Apache mime types.

I don't believe this is a dolphin related issue.

https://www.deanbassett.com
Quote · 2 Dec 2014

You sent me a link to a pdf file and I was able to open it in my browser; therefore, this would indicate it is not Dolphin or the server but a local problem.

Geeks, making the world a better place
Quote · 2 Dec 2014
 
 
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