[Zope] Re: PDF needs ExternalFile Object with byte-range capability?

[Brad Clements]

On 3 Feb 99, at 13:40, Scott Robertson wrote:

> > Out of curiosity, what would byte ranging buy you? Do some clients
> > request ranges?  I think I read about this in the HTTP 1.1 spec...
> > 
> 
> Byte serving in this instance would allow the PDF plugin to grab page 33
> out of a 300 page PDF without downloading the whole file. 


Exactly!

I'll have dial-up users wanting to view my 2 megabyte .pdf file. They can 
immediately begin viewing the first page if I supported byte ranges... 
Otherwise the entire document must download first. 

Should byte-ranges go into the file object, or be up at the server level? It 
really only applies to certain content types..



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