[Rails] Re: send_file problem with IE7. Save Image as untitled.bmp

[brady8]

Your other solution that should work is to set the header directly
that IE is parsing, Content-Disposition.

i.e.:

headers['Content-Disposition'] = "inline; filename=\"" + @filename +
"\""

-Brady
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

On Sep 16, 12:28 pm, Noel Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Platform = Linux and Mongrel
>
> I'm using send_file to send images from a controller. like this:
>
> send_file( @content.location, :disposition => 'inline', :type =>
> File.mime_type?(@content.location)) # mime_type? courtesy of mimetype_fu
>
> This is called for in an ordinary <img> tag.
>
> It all works perfectly except for one minor hitch which is driving me
> mad.
>
> If you right click on the image in IE7 and choose "Save Image As..." the
> file save dialog always defaults the filename to "untitled.bmp".
>
> Other browsers always get the correct file name (usually something like
> "61.png" or "18.jpg")
>
> If I copy the file into the corresponding path under RAILS_ROOT/public
> then IE7 will get the filename correct - as will all browsers.
>
> Interestingly if you do save the file as untitled.bmp it's a perfectly
> good bmp file.
>
> The HTTP headers set by mongrel differ substantially from the ones set
> by send_file.
>
> Using send_file gives:
>
> Status=OK - 200
> Date=Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:16:59 GMT
> Server=Mongrel 1.1.4
> Vary=Host
> Status=200 OK
> X-Runtime=0.01416
> Content-Transfer-Encoding=binary
> Cache-Control=private
> Content-Disposition=inline; filename="16.jpg"
> Content-Type=image/jpeg
> Content-Length=164553
> X-Cache=MISS fromwww.sharehost.co.uk
> Keep-Alive=timeout=15, max=100
> Connection=Keep-Alive
>
> Serving the file from the public area gives:
>
> Status=OK - 200
> Date=Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:17:09 GMT
> Vary=Host
> Etag="48cfb25c-65c2f-918190"
> Last-Modified=Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:19:24 GMT
> Content-Type=image/jpeg
> Content-Length=416815
> X-Cache=MISS fromwww.sharehost.co.uk
> Keep-Alive=timeout=15, max=99
> Connection=Keep-Alive
>
> Anybody know what I can do about this?
> --
> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.
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