This is great, Thank you. Also, it turns out that my formatting problem results from the original text file begin generated on a UNIX system, so there is some sort of problem with end of line characters when displayed on non-unix systems ...
-----Original Message----- From: Matt Robertson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 9:06 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Forcing dowload of text file, unformatted I wrote this tag up to do file pushes of all kinds. The example below will force open a show/save dialog. If you want to display in the browser window itself, To send a txt file straight to the browser for display (maintaining your formatting) change variables.DisplayType to "inline". <!--- the tag call ---> <cfset variables.FilePath="z:\myfiles\ftp\"> <cfset variables.FileName="mysecretfile.txt <cfset variables.MIMEType="text/plain"> <cfset variables.DisplayType="attachment"> <cf_pushfile FilePath=#variables.FilePath# FileName=#variables.FileName# MIMEType=#variables.MIMEType# DisplayType=#variables.DisplayType#> <!--- cf_pushfile ---> <cfset variables.FileToPush=attributes.FilePath&attributes.FileName> <cfheader name="content-disposition" value="#attributes.DisplayType#; filename=#attributes.FileName#"> <cfcontent type="#attributes.MIMEType#" file=#variables.FileToPush#> I adapted the above from the tutorial here: http://mysecretbase.com/How_To_Display_Protected_Files.cfm HtH, -- --mattRobertson-- Janitor, MSB Web Systems mysecretbase.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:192248 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54