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public static final String sCONTENT_DISPOSITION = "Content-Disposition";
-----Original Message-----
From: Henric Larsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, 7 October 1999 15:39
Subject: Re: downloading a file via servlet
>Sorry, I pressed the wrong button...
>
>Theres an object called HttpHeaders in your code and I don't know what
>string it returns, could you please clarify?
>
>
>.henric
>
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Geoff Soutter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Thursday, October 07, 1999 7:23 AM
>Subject: Re: downloading a file via servlet
>
>
>here's an extract from the code I use. check the comments, you should be
>able to figure it out.
>
> // Set the filename
> // IE4 will use content disposition filename only if it doesn't
>recognise the
> // mime type by "sniffing"! Setting mime type explicitly to "crap/crap"
>doesnt work
> // this especially affects HTML .... obviously!
> // IE5 will use content disposition filename, but for HTML only
>"attachment" seems
> // to work - if "inline" it still gets the filename from TITLE tag.
Both
>attachment
> // and inline work for zip files...
> // NS4 uses the filename but ignores the type (attachment or inline),
>thus you can use
> // the crap/crap mime type trick to fool it into showing a save as box
> String lType = "inline";
> // if the user is trying to say this is an attachment
> if (iUseAttachmentDisposition)
> {
> lType = "attachment";
>
> // this will fool NS4 into giving the user the save as box!
> // and won't really do anything for IE5. Also, IE4 ignores it...
>usually...
> iContentType = "application/x-max-unknown";
> }
>
> // strip any pathname
> String lFileName = iContentName;
> int lLastSlashPos = lFileName.lastIndexOf( '/' );
> if (lLastSlashPos != -1)
> lFileName = lFileName.substring( lLastSlashPos + 1 );
>
> // NOTE: quotes around filename will confuse <= ie4sp1 (fixed in sp2)
> iResponse.setHeader( HttpHeaders.sCONTENT_DISPOSITION, lType + ";
>filename=\"" + lFileName + "\"");
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Henric Larsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Thursday, 7 October 1999 14:59
>Subject: downloading a file via servlet
>
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I have written a servlet that let's a user download files located in a
>>database, the problem is that the user clicks on a link that looks like
>>this:
>>
>><a
>>href="/servlet/FileServlet?command=get_file&file_id=1234">LargeFile.doc</a
>
>>
>>now when the save file dialog box pops up, it want to save the file as
>>FileServlet.zip. I want to modify this so the filedialog box gets the
files
>>real name, that is stored in the database.
>>
>>I this possible, are there any headers to set or what should I do?
>>
>>thank you
>>
>>
>>.henric
>>
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