This is the code that I found on the list.
<!--- force download dialogue box to open --->
<cfoutput>
<cfheader name="Content-type" value="application/octet-stream">
<cfheader name="Content-Disposition" value='attachment; filename="#FileName#"'>
<!--- if this fouls up in various browsers...try trailing slash in file attribute below --->
<cfcontent file="#FullFilePath.Value#" type="application/octet-stream">
</cfoutput>
The application/octetstream mime type will ALWAYS force the download dialgue window and the above code will always show the correct file name and extension to download
Like I said previously this code works some of the time. Actually most of the time in Netscape. Its IE that I am having issues with.
Mike
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From: Bryan Stevenson
To: CF-Talk
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: CFMX & cfcontent
Mickael,
My server is toast right now so I can't grab the code, but I do have code using CFCONTENT/CFHEADER that ALWAYS pops the download dialogue with the correct file name.
Search the CF-Talk archives for my name ("Bryan Stevenson") and "CFCONTENT" and "octet" and you should find it.
Cheers
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VP & Director of E-Commerce Development
Electric Edge Systems Group Inc.
t. 250.920.8830
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----- Original Message -----
From: Mickael
To: CF-Talk
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 10:42 AM
Subject: Re: CFMX & cfcontent
I know this is not CF but does anyone know of a _javascript_ or PHP script that I can pass a URL file name to download a file?
----- Original Message -----
From: Mickael
To: CF-Talk
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 12:12 PM
Subject: Re: CFMX & cfcontent
Tried both of those, no luck
----- Original Message -----
From: Benjamin S. Rogers
To: CF-Talk
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 11:58 AM
Subject: RE: CFMX & cfcontent
Try "attachment" instead of "inline" in your cfheader tag.
Ben Rogers
http://www.c4.net
v.508.240.0051
f.508.240.0057
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From: Mickael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 11:34 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: CFMX & cfcontent
Hi Dave,
Let's say my browser where I do not have the option to open XLS in my
browser selected. What happens is that I get the cfm template as the
filename in the save as dialogue box.
I noticed in your examples that you added foo to the Query string. My query
string contains the file name which is a date that I append to the a base
filename. My client has files that are called YYYYMMDDProcessing_Report yet
they only want to see the filename in the save as box as
processing_report.xls
like so
template.cfm?filedetails=#filedetails#
Then my act page has the following
<cfheader name="content-disposition"
value="inline;filename=Processing_Report.xls">
<cfcontent type="application/unknown"
file="c:\inetpub\DailyDownload\#variables.file_details#Processing_Report.xls
">
When the dialoge box comes up, what I get is the my cfm template with my url
string.
Any ideas
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Watts
To: CF-Talk
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 11:09 AM
Subject: RE: CFMX & cfcontent
> I have never been able to get CFCONTENT to consistently force
> a download of a file, let's say an excel file to the user. I
> have actually spent the whole morning looking for a PHP or
> _javascript_ replacement for this.
>
> I am on a Shared hosting environment but have found CFCONTENT
> unreliable on CFMX. Do you find it reliable? If yes what is
> your secret :)
You can't force a download of a file - that's up to the user (and his or
her
browser). You might try running these samples on your server and see how
they work for you:
http://www.figleaf.com/demo/mimetest/
Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
http://www.figleaf.com/
phone: 202-797-5496
fax: 202-797-5444
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