Is your variable a typo? #Get_file# vs. #GetFile# in the cfcontent tag? You typed it up two different ways in the post.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Harrison [mailto:rob...@austin-williams.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 11:21 AM > To: cf-talk > Subject: CF Header to Serve a File > > > I have the following code to serve a file for download: > > <cfheader name="Content-Disposition" value="attachment; > filename=#attach_file#"> > <cfheader name="Content-Length" value="#file_size#"> > <cfcontent type="#mime_type#" file="#getfile#"> > > All the variables are correct. > > #attach_file# = the name of the file > #file_size# = the size of the file in bytes > #mime_type# = the correct mime type > #get_file# = the full physical path to the file and the file name > > No matter what I do it does not seem to know where the file is (get_file) is > the full drive path and file name. It always tries to download from the web > root. > > What am I missing here? > > Thanks, > > > Robert Harrison > Director of Interactive Services > > Austin & Williams > Advertising I Branding I Digital I Direct > 125 Kennedy Drive, Suite 100 I Hauppauge, NY 11788 T 631.231.6600 X > 119 F 631.434.7022 http://www.austin-williams.com > > Blog: http://www.austin-williams.com/blog > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/austin_wi > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~| > Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! > http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion- > Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion > Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf- > talk/message.cfm/messageid:351569 > Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf- > talk/unsubs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:351570 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm