BTW, the code for streaming a servlet works perfectly as a stand alone
servlet, but fails for IE in the struts framework.
Sheldon
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chan, Sheldon
> Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 9:36 AM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: Streaming PDF file problem
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to stream a PDF from a Struts action by writing an array of
> bytes to the OutputStream of HttpServletResponse. It works great in
> Mozilla, however it fails on IE. When I attempt to execute the action, IE
> brings up its "Save or Open" dialogue box with the request Url as the file
> it's trying to save. When I click on "Save", it gives me an error
> dialogue of "Internet Explorer cannot download... ". Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> Sheldon
>
>
> Here's the psuedo-code.
>
> OutputStream outputstream = null;
>
> try {
> byte[] responseBytes = getBody().getBytes(ENCODING);
>
> response.setContentType("application/pdf");
> response.setContentLength(responseBytes.length);
> response.setHeader("Content-Disposition",
> "attachment; filename=myfile.pdf");
> response.setHeader("Pragma", "no cache");
> response.setHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache");
>
> outputStream = response.getOutputStream();
>
> outputStream.write(responseBytes, 0, responseBytes.length);
> } catch (Exception e) {
> // do something
> } finally {
> outputStream.close();
> }
>
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