: How can I make a web browser view my .h file as text? I want to post a .h file from a project I'm working on. I set a simple href link to it, like: <p>Click here to download the

@Caterina187

The problem is that your webserver doesn't know what to do with a .h file, so you need to tell it what mime-type to use.

Add the following line to your .htaccess file:

AddType text/plain h


And your browser will be able to load the file rather than downloading it.

You can also do this through httpd.conf:-

<IfModule mod_mime.c>
AddType text/plain .h
</IfModule>


The same applies to IIS, though obviously you'd need to find out how to add the appropriate code.

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@Welton855

If the file is served by an HTTP server (web server), check that it is sent with the header Content-Type: text/plain (and, if needed, modify server settings to achieve that). To check the headers, use e.g. web-sniffer.net.
Otherwise, you could set type="text/plain" on the linking element, i.e.

<a href=project_strings.h type="text//plain">strings file</a>


though the odds are that this has no effect.

That’s pretty much what you can do as an author. The rest is up to the browser and its settings.

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