You need to use the cfheader tag and tell it the filename.
Regards, Andrew Scott http://www.andyscott.id.au/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard White [mailto:rich...@j7is.co.uk] > Sent: Friday, 25 February 2011 5:22 AM > To: cf-talk > Subject: cfcontent and save as > > > Hi, > > for security we store xls documents in a non-web root folder. We then use a > cfcontent tag to serve the file to the user. > > the problem is when the user clicks the link they are displayed a download > dialogue and all is fine if they click 'open with ms excel', but if they click 'save > as' it saves the .cfm file and not the xls file > > is there a way to save the xls file if the user clicks 'save as' > > thanks > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~| > Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! > http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion- > Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion > Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf- > talk/message.cfm/messageid:342583 > Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf- > talk/unsubscribe.cfm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:342584 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm