Here's some snippets of code that I use to send a textfile; to generate the
link that the user clicks on to download the file (sorry for the mess, I cut it
straight out of the ASP script!):
print "<a href=\"index.asp?f=sa;id=", $href->{'id'}, "\" title=\"",
$href->{'uzfname'}, "\" type=\"application/octet-stream\">",
$href->{'uzfname'},"</a>";
When they click on that link, the following is executed in an ASP script:
$Response->{'ContentType'} = 'application/octet-stream;name=' .
$file_href->{'uzfname'};
$Response->{'ContentLength'} = $file_href->{'size'};
$Response->AddHeader('Content-Disposition', 'Attachment;filename=' .
$file_href->{'uzfname'});
while ($i = read(FH, $data, 10000)) # read file..
{
$Response->Write($data); # and send it
}
The way different browsers handle this seems to vary; some will, for example,
not get the filename right when you right-click on the link and select "Save
target link as". But then, I arrived at the above method mostly by
experimenting, so it may not be the correct way of doing it.
Cheers,
/Anders
On Thu, 9 Aug 2001 18:29:31 -0400, Stephen Bardsley said:
> Greetings,
>
> I am printing data from a script directly back
> to the browser. The data is text but not HTML.
> I have changed the ContentType, which in turn
> forces the "SaveAs" dialog to be raised. So
> far so good...
>
> What I would like to do is dictate the default
> file name in the "SaveAs" dialog. Can it be done?
> Thanks.
>
> Steve
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