hi,
actually, im not using server side java programs to download to browsers
after creating the file, im just giving html <a href.... > tag for
downloading
so i have to make that file as nontext file while creation itself....
Aravind
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From: Jozef Chocholacek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 8:29 PM
Subject: Re: writing nontext file...
Aravind wrote:
> i have written a chat application which also provides save option for the
> users to save the chat contents while they logout.
> (from chat servlet, i am writing the contants into file)
>
> now the problem is, when i click the save link, the file contents are
> displayed into browser screen. but im expecting the browser to ask for
> "Download" option.
>
> i understood that all text files will be directly displayed in browser
> window. so i modified my program to have Streams instead of Writer so that
> it will write as bytes. but this doesnt works
>
> also i tried including a hexadecimal info at the start of the file but
still
> it is not working
>
> please help me to output a non-text file......
response.setContentType("application/xxx-very-strange-mime-type");
If browser doesn't know the type of downloaded data it should offer
"Save as" dialog to the user. And you don't need to use Stream, you can
use Writer without problems. The miracle is in the content-type, AFAIR :)
J.Ch.
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