Mr. King - Earlier versions of IE (5.5 and earlier) will display a text file instead of downloading it (Microsoft doesn't care much about Internet standards). But if you are using a newer version of IE, you don't want a content type of multipart/form-data if you mean for the browser to pop up the "save as" dialog. Try this instead:
response.setContentType("application/octet-stream");
There is a sample "download file application" with source code that can be downloaded with JOT Servlets - http://www.jotobjects.com
Paul Copeland JOT Servlets - A Framework for Servlet Applications
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 10:37:52 +0800 From: Edward King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: How to download file in Servlet?
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I am trying to use a servlet to download an text file to the client from server,File located c:\1.txt in Server,when user explore this page,IE reminder user if download file "1.txt".I write following code.But when I explore this page,IE didn't remind me if download file and it didn't domnload file at all.How to correct following code to realize automatically download? What errors is in my code?
public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException { response.setContentType("multipart/form-data"); String file_name=new String("c:\\1.txt"); String data=new String("data"); response.setHeader("Content-Disposition","attachment;filename="+file_name); PrintWriter out = response.getWriter(); out.println(file_name); }
Thanks
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