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>Simply set the content type to "foo/stuff" or anything for that matter.
>You'll confuse the browser and it'll prompt you to d/l the file.

One day you do that, next day m*s* defines a new "standard".

I suggest using

        application/octet-stream 

that means:
        Don't interpret bytes, just save them ...

>
>You can also specify the filename that you want the gif saved as in the
>extended path info (i believe) in the url.
>
>Hope this helps...
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Preston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 9:24 AM
>To: Java Apache Users
>Subject: RE: gif servlet download
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>Hi,
>
>Does anybody know how I can return a GIF file from JServ
>so that the browser thinks it's I want to save the images and pops up
>a File-Save-As box. When I set the content type to image/gif,
>the browser interprets it as a image file and displays it.
>
>I want to download it and save it.
>
>John
>
>P.S. I'm using JServ 1.0b1, Redhat 6.0, Apache 1.3.9
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Ciao,
        Carsten Heyl

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