Questions tagged [download]
Receiving data to a local system from a remote system, or to initiate such a data transfer. Do not use this tag for question asking where to download off-site resource.
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where can i download opengl for windows vista [closed]
I've been searching and can't find the download files on opengl.org. can someone please point me to the right direction?
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What's the best way to generate a Text file in a .net website?
I have a page in my vb.net web application that needs to toss a bunch of data into a text file and then present it to the user for download. What's the best / most efficient way to build such a text ...
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C# Download all files in HTTP directory
How do I download all files in a directory and all subdirectories on an HTTP server?
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How to get the file size from http headers
I want to get the size of an http:/.../file before I download it. The file can be a webpage, image, or a media file. Can this be done with HTTP headers? How do I download just the file HTTP header?
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How to work around the [1] IE bug while saving an excel file from a Web server?
I've noticed that Internet Explorer adds a number in square brackets to files downloaded from the internet (usually [1]). This creates a big problem with downloading Excel spreadsheets as square ...
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Can't download file in IE7 but there isn't any issue in Firefox, Chrome, etc..?
I have an script that receives an encrypted url and from that generates a download, the most critic par of the script is this:
$MimeType = new MimeType();
$mimetype = $MimeType->getType($filename);...
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How do download accelerators work?
We require all requests for downloads to have a valid login (non-http) and we generate transaction tickets for each download. If you were to go to one of the download links and attempt to "replay" the ...
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How do I limit the number of simultaneous downloads in Asp.net and/or IIS?
I have a website with a lot of large files. However, I don't want users to start downloading like 10 files at a time. I noticed there are website out there where they only allow 2 simultaneous ...
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Best way to update multi-gigabyte program (DVD fulfillment? Updater software?)
Two years ago, we shipped a multi-gigabyte Windows application, with lots of video files. Now we're looking to release a significant update, with approximately 1 gigabyte of new and changed data.
We'...
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Force IIS7 to suggest downloading *.exe files in "Local intranet" zone
Problem:
html file on local server (inside our organization) with link to an exe on the same server.
clicking the link runs the exe on the client. Instead I want it to offer downloading it.
Tried so ...
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Logging image downloads
I'm trying to find a way of finding out who is downloading what image from an image gallery. Users can download using a button beside the thumbnail or right click and use the "save link as" Is it ...
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Best way to initiate a download?
On a PHP-based web site, I want to send users a download package after they have filled out a short form. The site-initiated download should be similar to sites like download.com, which say "your ...
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Loading Java classes from a signed applet
If I'm running a signed Java applet. Can I load additional classes from remote sources, in the same domain or maybe even the same host, and run them?
I'd like to do this without changing pages or ...
Interested
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Average User Download Speeds
Any ideas what the average user's download speed is? I'm working on a site that streams video and am trying to figure out what an average download speed as to determine quality.
I know i might be ...
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File downloads in IE6
I've come across a rather interesing (and frustrating) problem with IE6. We are serving up some server generated pdfs and then simply setting headers in PHP to force a browser download of the file. ...
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How to Automatically Start a Download in PHP?
What code do you need to add in PHP to automatically have the browser download a file to the local machine when a link is visited?
I am specifically thinking of functionality similar to that of ...
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How to implement a file download in asp.net
What is the best way to implement, from a web page a download action using asp.net 2.0?
Log files for a action are created in a directory called [Application Root]/Logs. I have the full path and ...
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Does Amazon S3 download fail sometimes? [closed]
We just added an autoupdater in our software and got some bug report saying
that the autoupdate wouldn't complete properly because the downloaded file's sha1 checksum wasn't matching. We're hosted on ...
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why are downloads sometimes tagged md5, sha1 and other hash indicators?
I've seen this all over the place:
Download here! SHA1 =
8e1ed2ce9e7e473d38a9dc7824a384a9ac34d7d0
What does it mean? How does a hash come into play as far as downloads and... What use can I ...
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Best way to let users download a file from my website: http or ftp
We have some files on our website that users of our software can download. Some of the files are in virtual folders on the website while others are on our ftp. The files on the ftp are generally ...
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How do I track file downloads
I have a website that plays mp3s in a flash player. If a user clicks 'play' the flash player automatically downloads an mp3 and starts playing it.
Is there an easy way to track how many times a ...
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