Have the servlet send the document, but set the header as follows:
response.setHeader("Content-disposition", "attachment; filename=" +
fileName);
This will change the name. If the content type is known and the user has
set his/her browser to "no prompt", the download will happen without
being propmted. If you really want to prompt the user for location use
a valid unknown content type like
response.setContentType("video/x-unknown");
If this content type is unknown, then the user will be prompted.
Kurt Kessel
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> hi...
> I'm developing a servlet that uses JavaMail API.
> When displaying the attachment
> information for a message, i want to display a URL such that when i
> click on that URL i get a "Save As" dialog from the web browser that
> is initialized with the filename of the attachment, so
> i need an URL that has the filename as the last component of
> the URL, followed by any needed "?" parameters, but
> in this case i need to create dinamically an servlet
> with the file name that i want, and then this invented
> servlet must call the really servlet ????
>
> how i do that???
> or, exist other solution ???
>
> thanks
>
>
>
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