Try this:
response.setContentType ("application/pdf");
response.setHeader ("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=\"" +
filename + "\"");
where filename is a String that can contain spaces.
-Tom
hua ge wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I hava a jsp page which contains some file links which user can click and it
> will call a servlet which will download the file the user want from the
> server.
>
> all the links for files type other than pdf will pop up the download dialog
> windown which ask you where you want to save at local disk. but when I clcik
> the link for pdf file downloading, it will open the pdf file right away in
> the acrobat reader instead of giving user the save dialog box, so inorder to
> download and save it, user have to manully point to the link and right click
> mouse and choose save target to .
>
> anyone know how to make the pdf downloading functions same as other file
> types?
>
> here is the partial code:
>
> String fileName= req.getParameter("filename");
> String filePath = req.getParameter("filepath");
> String downloadFile = filePath + fileName;
>
> res.setContentType("application/x-filler; name=" + fileName);
> res.setHeader("Content-Disposition", "inline;filename="+fileName);
>
> ServletOutputStream stream = res.getOutputStream();
> BufferedInputStream fif = new BufferedInputStream(new
> FileInputStream(downloadFile));
>
> int data;
> while((data = fif.read()) != -1)
> {
> stream.write(data);
> }
> fif.close();
> stream.close();
> }
>
> appreciate any help.
>
> Helen Ge
>
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