To force a download I found that I by:
As part of of doGet:
ares.setContentType("application/octet-stream");
ares.setHeader("Content-Disposition","inline; filename="test.bin")
ares.setContentLength(lTotalLength)
ServletOutputStream aout = ares.getOutputStream();
<send contents of file to aout>
This unfortunetly only works for Netscape. Internet Explorer does not like
it.
Arend
-----Original Message-----
From: Hunter Hillegas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, April 22, 1999 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: IE 5.0 and File Download Servlet
>I want to develop a servlet that forces a file download. How did you do it?
>
>----------
>>From: Arend van der Veen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Subject: IE 5.0 and File Download Servlet
>>Date: Thu, Apr 22, 1999, 7:21 AM
>>
>
>> I have been away from the list for awhile and don't know if this has been
>> already discussed. I have looked in the archives but did not find any
>> answer.
>>
>> A year ago I developed a servlet that forced a file download. The
contents
>> of the file comes from a database.
>>
>> Before I started to output the contents I did the following:
>>
>> ares.setContentType("application/octet-stream");
>> ares.setHeader("Content-Disposition","inline; filename="test.bin")
>> ares.setContentLength(lTotalLength)
>> ServletOutputStream aout = ares.getOutputStream();
>>
>> < send contents to aout>
>>
>> where ares is the HttpServletResponse and lTotalLenght is the content
>> length. This currently works with NS 4.51 but IE 4.0 gets real mad. The
>> file download dialog comes up and then I get an error stating that it is
not
>> able to download www.your.domain.com/servlet/DownloadServet?Name=XYZ.
form
>> yyy.domain.com.
>>
>> Does anybody have a solution to the problem ?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Arend van der Veen
>>
>>
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