THANK YOU! This worked perfectly! (after I noticed that .xls was in the header instead of .exe! :-/ )
-----Original Message----- From: A.Little [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 11:03 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: serving a file for download with cfcontent. You just need to put in a cfheader tag just before the cfcontent tag... <cfheader name="Content-disposition" value="inline; filename=""myfilename.xls"""> HTH, Alex > -----Original Message----- > From: DURETTE, STEVEN J (AIT) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 05 August 2003 15:58 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: serving a file for download with cfcontent. > > > Hi all, > > I have a problem with a really short time frame to serve up a file. I > created a page with just a cfcontent that looks like this: > > <CFCONTENT FILE="#FileSystemRoot##RootDir#myfile.exe" > type="application/octet-stream"> > > The problem is that when a person clicks on the link they get > a box to save > a file with the name of myfile.cfm (the name of the cf page with the > cfcontent). > > Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong? > > The link that goes to that page is: > > <a href="myfile.cfm">Download my EXE file</A> > *****COST SAVINGS SUGGESTION***** > For pages that must be printed, change your print settings to print in > "grayscale" instead of color. > > > Steve Durette > Mgr-Eng. & Const. Systems Support > 100 S. Main > Room 314 > Mt. Clemens, MI 48043 > Ofc: 586.466.7654 > Fax: 586.466.1109 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
