res.setContentType("application/octet-stream");
Aaron
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joco Carlos Costa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, May 21, 1999 2:13 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Download
>
>
> I want to be able to allow users to download ANY binary file from a
> web server using servlets. The servlet must operate on either NN and
> IE environments.
> I have tried the following:
>
> res.setContentType("application/x-zip-compressed; name=\"" + itemName+
> '\"');
> res.setHeader("Content-disposition", "attachment; filename=\\"" +
> itemName +'\"\);
> res.setContentLength(getItem().length);
>
> This works fine, if I want to download a zip file. But if I want to
> download a file which is not a zip, how am I supposed to do? I
> developed a servlet (works beautifully), different from Jason
> Hunter's, that uploads ANY binary file using multipart/form-data and I
> simply can't do the same for a download.
>
> Does any of you, Servlet experts, have an example of a servlet that
> downloads ANY binary file? I would appreciate any help from you.
>
> Thanks
> ===
> Joao Carlos Costa
>
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