"CJM" <cjmnews04@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
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> I have an application that I'm developing that generates a PDF from an
HTML
> page. The quotation.htm page is generated manually, but will be automated
in
> the finished version. It is processed in PDFTest.asp using an
off-the-shelf
> PDF component, which creates Test.pdf.
>
> I am having problems with caching: if I change the content of the html
page,
> it is generally not being reflected in the finished PDF.
>
> I've modified the HTTP Headers (in IIS) to 'Expire Immediately' for the
> whole Virtual Directory; I've include 'Response.Expires = 0' in
PDFTest.asp;
> and I've even converted the original HTML file into ASP (with
> Response.Expires = 0 add in).
>
> I havent pinned down the conditions under which the correct result is
> achieved. But generally, if I edit the quotation.asp/.htm file, and then
> call the PDFTest file, the PDFTest file will pick up the old ASP/HTML file
> and render it as a PDF. I've confirmed this by deleting the resulting PDF
> file and it is created again each time. Likewise, the URL of the ASP/HTML
> file is hard-coded into PDFTest - if I enter this value in a browser, the
> correct page is rendered.
>
> On the other hand, would have expected everything to work if I cleared out
> IE cache, but it doesnt. Does this mean the page is being incorrectly
cached
> in IIS?
>
> [This is running on my development machine: XPSP2, IIS5.1]
>
> Thanks
>
> Chris
>
>

"Stuart Palmer" <tryandspamme@youcant.com> wrote in message
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> Try this:-
> http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2022
> It mght help, it seems to work for me.
> Stu
>