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Preloading a DWF file

Preloading a DWF file

         

Kush

10:08 pm on Oct 16, 2004 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



I am totally new to webdesigning and hence dont know much about scripting. I have .dwf drawing files on my site which open in autodesk dwf viewer activeX control. Trouble is the .dwf files are 2-3 mb in size and take along time for the file to download. Is there anyway i can preload these files on another page in the site. I tried using the onload event handler, preload image behavior in dreamweaver but that doesn't seem to work.
Also if i were to put this code on multiple pages and a person were to go to another page before the files were downloaded would the download restart again or continue from the same point assuming that the file path is the same

korkus2000

2:40 pm on Oct 21, 2004 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



I don't think you can since the browser most likely doesn't understand the mime type. You may not want to do this anyway since it will really slow down those other pages for people who don't want to download it.