Problem with IE and linking EPS files


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Hi folks,

Wondering if anyone can help... Im working on a site for work and I want the user to be able to right click a link and save an eps file..

e.g. Laptop_2.eps ---> right click ---> save target as...

however everytime I go to do this.. when clicking save target as... it trys saving it as .ps file!?

e.g. Laptop_2.eps ---> right click ---> save target as... ---> Laptop_2.ps

This is really confusing as the link points to the correct .eps file..

Can someone explain to me if there is anyway to get around this 'bug' ? If not I'd like to know, cus its driving me mad!

Thanks

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cus i have about 100 of them.. lol.. its an image library, which displays small / large / and print size images.. Thanks for the suggestion, any other ideas.. its not a show stopper but its a bit of a pain. Mozilla saves the files as Laptop_2.eps.ps so Im not sure what is going on there?!?

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It's a combination of issues.

First, you must realize that data on the internet (files included) rely on mime types. Your web server sends your browser a mime-type of "application/postscript" (or something like it) when it sends the eps file. And, in turn, your browser sees "application/postscript" and associates it with the ps extension. That's what's going on.

To fix the problem, you can do try the following...

- Reconfigure your web server to send a different mime-type when sending eps files.

- Reconfigure your browser to save mime-types of "application/postscript" to eps instead of ps.

Please note: I have no idea what kind of mime-type is being sent by your web server. So, "application/postscript" is just something I made up for this example. You will need to look at your server configuration to determine what actual mime-type is being sent.

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