It is an IE "bug" or "feature" that it disregards the content type after opening up the download (file save/open) dialog -> It uses windows file extension detection after that ;) On Firefox the content type suffices, but for IE I must hack the filename too.
** Martin 2008/5/29 Rodolfo Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I think maybe what you want is to use a DynamicWebResource > and customize the ResourceState to return the correct content type... > > It makes more sense that a .doc link be of that type I think... > > On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 10:18 AM, Martijn Lindhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> setting the HTTP Content-Disposition may help. The value should be >> something >> like >> >> attachment; filename=DummyFilename.doc >> >> 2008/5/26 Martin Makundi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> > Hi! >> > >> > I have a web page whose content the user is supposed to save as a >> > XYZ.doc file. With Firefox it is sufficient to set the content-type to >> > application/msword. >> > >> > However, Internet Explorer takes my context path (the part before the >> > url parameters) as the filename, say "webapp" and forgets about the >> > content type already. Is there a simple way to mount my dnyamic page >> > as "DummyFilename.doc"? >> > >> > I would rather not use BookmarkablePage because the parameters are >> > huge. Ofcourse I could pass the parameters via an internal model, but >> > if there is a fast moujnting strategy for a dynamic page, I would be >> > interested. >> > >> > ** >> > Martin >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> > >> >> >> -- >> Martijn Lindhout >> JointEffort IT Services >> http://www.jointeffort.nl >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> +31 (0)6 18 47 25 29 >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
