Awesome, that worked awesome. I set a content-disposition header with "attachment" and a filename, then sent my unnamed file in binary format - it worked like a charm.
Thanks for your help. Matthew Small Web Developer American City Business Journals 704-973-1045 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: RADEMAKERS Tanguy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 4:05 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Content-Type IIRC, you need to look into the "content-disposition" header, iso the "content-type" one <cfheader name="Content-Disposition" value="attachment;filename=whatever_you_want.pdf"> /t >-----Original Message----- >Subject: Content-Type >From: Matt Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 12:19:48 -0700 >Thread: >http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm/method=messages >&threadid=42580&forumid=4#220053 > >Assuming you save the file somewhere yourself on your server, there >used to be a way to do this but its no longer reliable. > >You push the file to the client with cfcontent, set the mime type to >application/unknown and set the type to 'attachment'. In the olden >days before security tightened up this would give you a save dialog no >matter what. I would be real careful about any attempt to delete it >immediately afterwards as you'll probably delete a file still in >transmission to the client. > >IIRC default Windows firewall settings now prohibit acceptance of >application/unknown MIME types like this. > >-- >--mattRobertson-- >Janitor, MSB Web Systems >mysecretbase.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:220070 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
