Excellent - it works, and I also understand now. There are a few weird
things, but it's not a big deal. Like when they first click the link, it
says they are downloading the template name, but when they click "save to
disk" it sets it to the correct name. Also, if they click "open from
current location" it doesn't work - oh well. They'll just have to save it
and then open it. thanks Dave.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 12:15 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: cfcontent uncertainty
>
>
> > <CFHEADER NAME="Content-Disposition" value="inline;
> > filename=D:\Attachments\ACF116.doc">
> > <CFCONTENT TYPE="application/unknown">this is a test
> >
> > I don't know what the significance of using that cfcontent
> > is, but I threw it in there. I also tried the page without
> > the cfcontent, and it results in a blank page with no source.
>
> The CFCONTENT tag tells the browser what MIME type the document is. By
> default, output generated by CFML is the MIME type text/html.
>
> The filename attribute in CFHEADER should just be the name of the file,
> without path information. This file name is the name that the browser will
> use to reference the file.
>
> When I clicked on the link, it worked fine, except that it didn't
> prompt me
> to save the file as "ACF116.doc", but rather as "test2.cfm". It did prompt
> me to save the file, though, and the saved file contained the
> text "this is
> a test", as it should.
>
> However, in your example earlier, I thought you were trying to download an
> existing file to the browser, rather than generate a new file dynamically.
> Here's how you'd do that, if your file was "d:\attachments\acf116.doc":
>
> <cfheader name="Content-Disposition" value="inline;
> filename="mydocument.doc">
> <cfcontent type="application/unknown" file="d:\attachments\acf116.doc">
>
> This would retrieve the file from the attachments directory, and
> prompt the
> user to save it as mydocument.doc.
>
> Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
> http://www.figleaf.com/
> voice: (202) 797-5496
> fax: (202) 797-5444
>
>
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