Could it be that I am writing a text file, where you are writing a zip file ?
On 7/25/05, Arup Vidyerthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Strange... I have identical code and it works IE and FireFox. > > This is how write it out into the response stream > > // set up the response header with the content type, the file name and > // the file size > // > res.setContentType("application/zip"); > res.setHeader("Content-disposition", "attachment; filename=" + > file.getName()); > res.setHeader("Content-Length", String.valueOf(file.length())); > > // create a URL object for the tmp file, create the input stream from > // the URL > // > URL url = getServletContext().getResource(filename); > input = new BufferedInputStream(url.openStream()); > > // read from the file, write to the servlet output stream > // > byte[] buff = new byte[1024]; > int bytesRead; > while (-1 != (bytesRead = input.read(buff, 0, buff.length))) { > output.write(buff, 0, bytesRead); > } > > > The only difference I can see is how I use lowercase but I don't see why > that should make any difference. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 25 July 2005 14:55 > To: Tomcat Users List; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Internet Explorer and Content-Type > > I have a servlet that generates data that I want to write to the client's > browser. This data is just ASCII text. The problem that I am running into > is that Internet Explorer's "Save As" window defaults the filename to the > name of my servlet. Firefox/Netscape will save the file as the filename > that I specify in the Content-Type HTTP header. > Does anyone know how to fix this? > > Here is the code that I am currently using: > > response.setContentType("text/xyz" ); > response.setHeader("Content-Disposition", "Attachment; > filename=\"blah.xyz\""); > > Thank you. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with > voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]