I've created a URL of the form http://host.com/GetFile.jsp/test.doc?uid=100&msg=123 with more parameters possibly at the end. The program GetFile.jsp is run on my web server fine, and I can then access the "test.doc" query parameter. That parameter tells me the name of the file to be returned. The JSP gets the file and returns in the output stream. I use this code as well: response.setContentType( att.getMimeType() ); response.setHeader("Content-Disposition","attachment;filename="+att.getOrigi nalName()); Browser support is sporadic at best. Some may download the Word doc inside the browser window. Some may request that you Open/Save As. Sometimes the Open causes the Word document to be opened just fine, but the web page underneath it goes away. I changed the "Content-Disposition: inline;filename=test.doc" and had other behavior, but again not consistent. First, does anybody know where to read about the HTTP header Content-Disposition? It doesn't appear to be part of the HTML 4.0 standard. Second, is there a way to force all browsers to simply provide an Open/Save As dialog for any kind of file, such that the name of the file to be saved is the name I give it (like test.doc), and that it never opens another browser window or causes the browser window to disappear when the "link" to download it is clicked. I don't see these problems so much on Yahoo mail when I do attachments, so they seem to have figured this out. Thanks, David =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.html http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/faqpage.jsp?name=JSP http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/faqpage.jsp?name=Servlets
