Expressjs keeps downloading files instead of displaying them

 · Solved: Chrome downloading file instead of displaying page by Finn Espen Gundersen on June 17th, A lot of developers are experiencing the same problem: while all other browsers display your latest web creation perfectly, Chrome just downloads the script source file – yes, source. 2 Answers2. Ok, it's easy. Just set the content-type: These images are www.doorway.ru Just ran into this same problem, and found that modifying the content type alone was not enough. This answer, attempting to do the opposite, provided the solution. I also needed to add a content-disposition header: www.doorway.ru ("Content-Disposition", "inline.  · When I click on PDF links Firefox tries to save them instead of opening them. This is so even though in "Options" under "Applications" I have all .

However, you can 'tell' Chrome to open the file instead of download it. Here's how: When you click to download a particular file type (www.doorway.ru,.doc,.docx,.pdf), look at the bottom of your browser window, where you see the little down arrow next to the file name. Click on this down arrow, and you will see an option 'Always Open Files of. If the "PHP script execution mode" in "Website options" is set to FCGId, i.e. the default option, php files are downloaded instead of executed. Settings it to mod_php, fixes the problem, but then I have a permissions problem with Wordpress - can't update or install plugins. A SharePoint file is downloaded instead of opening the Office application with a direct connection to it. 04/08/; 2 minutes to read; h; s; C; A; Applies to: Office Web Apps; In this article. This article was written by Warren Rath, Support Escalation Engineer. Symptoms. Assume that you have Microsoft Offices Online in a SharePoint farm.

i am so sick of chrome automatically downloading files instead of opening them in my browser. a few months back this was not an issue. Now it seems to be a problem with out a plugin? This is ridiculous if it is true. How do i get google to open PDF's etc. in browser?. I am using express because I am testing this in heroku and I used the guide there. So when I open the app I get a download popup with the data in the file (downloaded) instead of the html (dom) response. What did I do wrong? (is it a browser problem?) Edit: @Joe, has solved my initial problem but yet, I have two questions. When I click on PDF links Firefox tries to save them instead of opening them. This is so even though in "Options" under "Applications" I have all Adobe files set to "Use Adobe Reader". Chosen solution.