Download of .pdf downloads on mobile devices as .bin

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Download of .pdf downloads on mobile devices as .bin #448

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Attempt to download .pdf file onto mobile/tab device.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

I expect to see .pdf but instead the file downloads as a .bin file that is 
corrupt.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

Version 1.8.6.1

Please provide any additional information below.

This issue does NOT happen if the file is downloaded onto a PC/Mac.  please 
advise.

Thank you for your assistance,

-Mario

Original issue reported on code.google.com by mariokr...@gmail.com on 28 May 2013 at 6:55

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Mobile devices are very picky about the HTTP headers when it comes to 
downloads, and downloading bin file is very common result. Here's one blog post 
about this: 
http://www.digiblog.de/2011/04/android-and-the-download-file-headers/

BTW, are you sure the file is corrupt, or just badly named?

I did make improvements in later versions for mobile downloads, is it possible 
to try upgrading?

Original comment by samuli.j...@gmail.com on 29 May 2013 at 5:28

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Okay I did check to see if I could rename the file extension, and it did work.  
For android users just wanted to add that I was using Astro File Explorer and 
renamed the downloadfile.bin to (myfilename).pdf, where myfilename is what you 
want to rename the file to.  I appreciate the input on the new version update 
and will look to upgrade, thanks!

Original comment by mariokr...@gmail.com on 29 May 2013 at 2:02

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Just wanted to update this issue and let everyone know that upgrading my 
database to the latest version of Mollify did indeed fix the downloads as .bin 
error!  No more having to rename files, yay!  Thanks again!

Original comment by mariokr...@gmail.com on 18 Aug 2013 at 5:03

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Great!

Original comment by samuli.j...@gmail.com on 18 Aug 2013 at 6:09

Changed state: Fixed

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

I am facing the same problem. Please help

Original comment by me11b...@iith.ac.in on 13 Sep 2013 at 11:24

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

If you are using version 2, then I'll make some changes in next release which 
should fix this.

Original comment by samuli.j...@gmail.com on 14 Sep 2013 at 5:30