Below is some code i wrote to do this. is some code i wrote: Note the doc object is specific to my app it has methods for returning the content type, filename, and a File object pointing to the document on disk.
I have used almost identicle code for outputting pdf data. I think you can use "attachment" rather than "inline" to make the browser save the file rather than view it. Daniel. // set response headers response.setHeader("Cache-Control", "max-age=600"); response.setContentType(doc.getContentType()); //Send content to Browser StringBuffer cd = new StringBuffer(); cd.append("inline"); cd.append("; filename="); cd.append(doc.getFilename()); response.setHeader("Content-disposition", cd.toString()); response.setContentLength((int) doc.getFile().length()); // send data ServletOutputStream sos; sos = response.getOutputStream(); InputStream is = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(doc.getFile())); int bytesRead = 0; byte[] buffer = new byte[8192]; while ((bytesRead = is.read(buffer, 0, 8192)) != -1) { sos.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead); } sos.flush(); is.close(); // return null so it just outputs data (no forward!) return null; > -----Original Message----- > From: Stefan Groschupf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 25 August 2004 14:46 > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: download binary content > > > Hi, > can someone point me to a resource that describe how to realize a > dowanload action? > Do I can write to the response object with out forwarding? > > Thanks for any hints. > Stefan > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]