Just as I give up and email the list.... I figured out that the database wasn't returning the filename so it wasn't able to open the file for download so when I hard coded a filename it started working. The thing I don't understand is why didn't I get a server error when it wasn't able to open a file...
> -----Original Message----- > From: John N. Brahy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 10:46 AM > To: modperl@perl.apache.org > Subject: Content Disposition header and file contents sequence... > > This is the relevant part of my handler for a link that I want to force > a download for. I know it's content-disposition but for some reason I > can not get it to actually download the file. I get the download dialog > and I choose the location to save it but when I open the document it is > empty. I've tried changing the sequence of the items but it never works. > > > my $filename = "/usr/local/app/media/videos/downloads/preview.mov"; > unless ($fileFH = Apache::File->new($filename)){ > $r->log_error("couldn't open $filename for reading: $!"); > return SERVER_ERROR; > } > $r->content_type('video/quicktime'); > $r->headers_out->set('Content-Disposition' => > "attachment;filename=$downloadFilename"); > $r->send_fd($fileFH); > $r->send_http_header(); > return OK; > > > > > > ::::: John Brahy > ::::: CIO > ::::: www.ad2.com > > ::::: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ::::: t: 310-356-7500 > ::::: f: 310-356-7520 > > ::::: ad2, Inc. > ::::: 1990 East Grand Ave, Suite 200 > ::::: El Segundo, CA 90245
