download file & not showing Action cancelled page

[siddharthkhare]

Hi All,
I am trying to open a pdf file which is on a web server ...so i click
on a http link to the pdf file.
it opens up IE and shows me file dialog box. I click on the save
button. It downloads the file but IE shows Action cancelld page.

Even if i set my IE tools==> options==> default page to blank i still
see this error.

It there a way to not show this action cancelled message/page.


Now,I want to avoid introducing a intermediate page in between as much
as possible.I know i can do this by redirecting them to a intermediate
page and showing PDF link there.

Also I have seen in few other posts on different machines you may or
may not see this action cancelled paged....
so may be there is some setting to do this.....?
OR
Is this just by design and can not be changed?
Thanks
SIddharth

 

[Rob ^_^]

Hi Sid,

I use hidden forms to direct downloads from my site to an asp script that
logs the download to a database and then streams the file back to the
client.
The hidden form has a target value of _top which means that client always
returns to the current web document. Other hidden fields pass other
parameters to the asp script so it is all transparent to the user, with no
intermediate forms or hidden windows. Works a treat!

Regards.