I can reliably get the client browser to pop up the standard 
Save As dialog to download a file (simply by setting the 
MIME type to 'application' with a 
    Response.ContentType = "application"
statement.

My problem now is that even if I'm sending foo.dat the file 
name that appears in the dialog is the name of my .asp page.

Is there something I can send in the response to give the 
browser a file name other than the script it called?

Brian Lowe
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Response.AddHeader "Content-Disposition","attachment;filename=foo.dat"

Tim Morford
http://www.aspalliance.com/tmorford

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Lowe [mailto:brian.lowe@i...]
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 1:27 PM
To: ASP Web HowTo
Subject: [asp_web_howto] Forcing browser to Save As with specific file
name


I can reliably get the client browser to pop up the standard
Save As dialog to download a file (simply by setting the
MIME type to 'application' with a
    Response.ContentType = "application"
statement.

My problem now is that even if I'm sending foo.dat the file
name that appears in the dialog is the name of my .asp page.

Is there something I can send in the response to give the
browser a file name other than the script it called?

Brian Lowe
---------@

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> Response.AddHeader "Content-Disposition","attachment;filename=foo.dat"

Does just what I wanted.

Thanks

Brian Lowe
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