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Hi- I''d like to load a PDF file into a page, in my controller: send_file "/path to/my.pdf", :disposition => "inline" However, instead of rendering inline, it asks to download the file. How can I display the contents without downloading? Thanks! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Hi, I am using send_file to allow users to download files from my website, please see code beloe: def download_document send_file("#{RAILS_ROOT}/public/test_form.pdf", :filename => "test.pdf", :type => ''application/pdf'', :disposition => ''attachment'', :streaming

Hi, looking for something that simple, but can''t find it. I got: outfile = File.open(''teams.txt'', ''wb'') CSV::Writer.generate(outfile) do |csv| for team in @teams csv << [team.id, team.name] end end outfile.close send_file "teams.txt", :filename => "teams.txt",:disposition =>

HI, I need to know how to download any file using send_file() method.The code I have shown below is for a specific file........how ever I need it for any file. THE CODE ........ def download_files send_file(''D:/hr/Handbook.doc'', :filename => params[:filename] , :type => ''application/octet-stream'',

Hello list, I am trying to add functionality to my application that will allow users to download files that are not stored in a database. All the examples I have found find the file by ID. which I can not do. Here is my code from the view: <h1>Browse files for download</h1> <% form_for(:download, :url=>{ :controller=>"download",

hey all, I''m trying to do a: send_file @file, :type => ''audio/mp3'', :disposition => ''inline'' ,:stream=>true I tried with all browsers and it always asks me to download the file or open it with a player. Is there a way to make it open in the embeded player (QT,Windows media player,Mplayer etc)? Only with konqueror if I open in new tab then I

I easily implemented the upload , using the ''attachment_fu'' plugin... I can see and open the uploaded files (a pdf file 60k and a jpeg images 28k) now I try to implement the download action in my document_controller, I wrote : def download @document = Document.find(params[:id]) send_file(@document.full_filename, :filename =>

I''m attempting to use send_file to send an image file from public/images. The file is world readable. I keep getting the following error: A ActionController::MissingFile occurred in account#current_logo: Cannot read file public/images/logo.png /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.1/lib/action_controller/streaming.rb:55:in `send_file'' I''ve tried supplying

Hi, I want to keep the layout and just to a link_to_remote to update the=20 div id ''main'' Using this in the controller action send_file "public/pdf/my.pdf", :type =3D> ''application/pdf'', = :disposition=20 =3D> ''inline'', :stream =3D> false I get this. The raw pdf code sent replacing the main div with :

I''m having trouble playing a video from my site on the iphone using send_file. It seems that I''m missing the Accept-Ranges header in my response. How can I set the Accept-Ranges header in my send_file response? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To

HI, I am directory listing and in that listing I have certain files and sub directories, now when I click on the files it should download that particular file but I am not able to accomplish it, and I have got to use send_file() method. In the send file Code shown below I have made use of the address of one of the files directly so when I click the link of any file it downloads it. THE CODE

Anyone know how to send a file/data to the user agent (download it) using #send_file or #send_data, *and* render a new page in the same action? This just sends the file and doesn''t render the page: def gimme ... send_data(our_data, :filename => ''output.csv'', :disposition => ''attachment'') end And this will give a Double-Render error:

I have an application which uses send_file to send a ZIP file to the client. This works nicely when it''s run on our development OS-X boxes, using mongrel from script/server, but on our production server, using mongrel behind Apache 2.2. with mod_proxy_balancer, the client gets 1 byte delivered :-( If I use wget -S to the URL in order to see the full headers I see this on

I have a form_remote_tag that calls a method to print out a csv file for download. If I tell the form_remote_tag to update a div the data comes up in that div, but otherwise I can''t get the browser to acknowledge the sent file. >From view: <%= form_remote_tag :url => {:action => "csv_dump" }%> <%= submit_tag "Download Complete List" ,:name

So this is the original code I used, and it worked send_file ''vendor/sprites/not-found.png'', {:filename => "sprite-not-found.png", :type => "image/png", :disposition => "inline"} Now I switched it to this (going to be adding imageMagick) send_data File.read(''vendor/sprites/not-found.png''), {:filename =>

Hi, Controller code: if params[:main_image] image = Image.new image.blob = params[:main_image].read @product.main_image.destroy if @product.main_image @product.main_image = image end When I try to display the image using send_data, I get the following error: ArgumentError (string contains null byte):

Does anybody know if there is a big performance/time cost difference between these two methods of serving a file: ------------------------------- #1 ----------------------------------------- send_file "test.png", :type => ''image/png'', :disposition => ''inline'' ------------------------------- #2------------------------------------------

Hi all, i want to create a vcs file. when i am creating the vcs file it is getting creatd in the server as well as in the local drive. But i dont want to the vcs file to be saved in the serve. when i am trying to delete the file from the server it is throwing the error,"Cannot start Microsoft Outlook.Cannot import vCalendar file". here is the code that i am using. def vcs f =

On my site I''m allowing users to upload songs in mp3 format. Members can download the full song, but on public pages I would like to use a flash player to play a 30 second clip of the song and/or allow downloading of a 30 second mp3 snippet. The songs are stored above the web root directory, and I use the send_file method for the full file downloads for members. My question is,

Quirky stuff here, The current setup works fine for Firefox 3.6 and IE 8 but balks on earlier IEs. The files are PDFs, .doc files, and other binaries but up to several MB: A. the users'' problem is a minor IE7 quirk: it works to download files from clicking links, but if you use the URL instead then the browser stops after a fraction of a second. Refreshing or hitting Return again