Allow download from but not directly from address

[jerrick7007]

Hi,

I have a client whose website is to sale documents to their clients.
My problem is the customer of website can download the file directly
from address if they already the filename, and so they cannot be
charge for that transaction. If they click the download link they can
be charge for few box per document. How to prevent downloading
directly from address and yet allow downloading from link without a
dialog box of username and password that would appear everytime they
click the link?



Thank you very much in advance.

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Requires custom server-side scripting and a database. The user would pay, then receive an email with
a link that will expire in say 24 hours.

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Thomas A. Rowe
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

http://www.Ecom-Data.com
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[jerrick7007]

Requires custom server-side scripting and a database. The user would pay, then receive an email with
alinkthat will expire in say 24 hours.

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Thomas A. Rowe
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

http://www.Ecom-Data.com
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It's not going to work that way. The website is using the MS index
server, customer would query the index server for any words. The index
server would output couple or hundreds of document in a paging table.
The web page would present the document with links to its virtual
path. When customer click the link to open the document he/she would
be charge for that transaction accumulating at the end of the month.
To make the story short I need to prevent the customer from
downloading the file directly from URL, because they not going to be
charge for that. I tried Windows Authentication but the customers
complain of when they click the link they would alway enter the
username and password, very annoying.

Any solutions, suggestions?

Thank you
Jerrick

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Sorry, I have no idea of a solution for the process you are using.

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Thomas A. Rowe
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

http://www.Ecom-Data.com
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[Tom Miller]

It's not going to work that way. The website is using the MS index

server, customer would query the index server for any words. The index
server would output couple or hundreds of document in a paging table.
The web page would present the document with links to its virtual
path. When customer click the link to open the document he/she would
be charge for that transaction accumulating at the end of the month.
To make the story short I need to prevent the customer from
downloading the file directly from URL, because they not going to be
charge for that. I tried Windows Authentication but the customers
complain of when they click the link they would alway enter the
username and password, very annoying.

Any solutions, suggestions?

Your going to have to get a web developer with database experience. Your
end-user is not going to be able to see anything but exactly what you hand
to them. This will require you either program it yourself or hire someone
to do it.

Thanks,
Tom Miller