Download Systems

The ASP Download Management is a download management script to manage the downloads on your site. The admin can add and edit downloads, as well as view download counts for each file The script uses a password protected area to add/edit/delete downlaods. Also allow for multiple users to post downloads.

This article shows a way to download multiple files in one http request. It let's you send an HTML page along with image preview, prepare more files for download and send the files as one data stream. One request, one authentication per multiple files.

The author writes "There's always a buzz about forcing file downloads in the browser. That's partly because it's confusing and partly because different browsers handle downloads in different ways so it's difficult to acheive consistent results. If you have to deal with downloads and haven't checked out ADO's Stream capablity, you really should do yourself a favor and give this code a look."

Recordset converter is a library for converting DAO or ADO recordsets to MDB or DBF files. It enables direct binary output of MDB or DBF files from ASP pages with one row of code. The object also supports on-the-fly compression by zip/arj.

This ASP component enables file downloads to be controlled from within a script. This allows code to be executed before and after downloading, which means password protection of individual files can be implemented easily. Records can be updated accurately because it is possible to detect if the download was completed or cancelled part-way through. A built in access code generator is provided to produce access codes on the fly, which can be verified before allowing a download. Some file utilities are also included, such as Copy, Rename, Delete, and a single command to append a line to a text file. There is a free trial available complete with full instructions. The component is supplied as either a 32 bit or 64 bit dll.

STARK Download is a simple ASP script that counts the number of times an URL has beed accessed. All the data is stored in an Access database. A stats script is also included.

This is an .asp page that allows you to provide file download capabilities for your site without having to constantly update the page with your file list. It does this by reading the file names in the directory you specify as the download directory, then contructing the appropriate URLs.

This very easy to setup link tracker can be used to track downloads from your web site. It will log the time and date, as well as a few other goodies, such as browser and operating system. You can also view the stat report via the web, and clear the log entries at the click of a button. A separate log is used for each link you wish to track. This tracker can be used for plain HTML links as well.