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File Download with IE

Posted by Derek on May 30, 2001 at 1:38 AM

> > I am experiencing the same bug in IE 5.5 SP1 with Downloading from a Servlet.

> > However this works for me on Windows 2000 but not on Windows NT 4.0 (SP5).

> > Can Someone help or let me know if you have found an answer to this problem?

> > I have also had problems with the download adding extensions like somefile.req.req (in Netscape 4x versions) and somefile.req.xml (in IE 5.5 on Windows2000). The file is really an XML file but I set the content type to application/octet-stream to always prompt the save as. Has anyone seen similar issues or know of a way to fix this.

> > Sample Download Servlet Java code:
> > response.setContentType("application/octet-stream");
> > response.setHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=somefile.req");

> > Thanks
> > Barry

> > > Hello there,
> > > i am facing some wired problem similar tio this.
> > > I;ve used res.setHeader("Content-Disposition","attachment; filename=\"" + filename + "\";")

> > > And i am using IE5.5 , When download dialog pops up, and choose
> > > to save as, i do not get filename which was specified. Rather get
> > > current webpage file name, but choosing to open twice and third
> > > click to save as it gets right filename

> > > my question is, is there anything wrong with browser or
> > > i am not writting routine properly if so can you pls. just
> > > list the steps? Do i have to close the stream when write is
> > > complete?

> > > Pls. reply asp.

> > > Thanks
> > > -Raj

> >
> > > > Hi krnbhaskar,

> > > > I just changed the line from
> > > >

res.setHeader("Content-Disposition","attachment; filename=\"" + downloadFile + "\";");

> > > > to
> > > >

res.setHeader("Content-Disposition","attachment; filename=\"" + "abc.txt" + "\";");

> > > >

Then I ran the servlet using Netscape and IE both and both gave me the correct file name (abc) and correct file type (plain text - Netscape, text document - IE) to save. So my guess is that your program is correct.

> > > >

I don't know why it showed you different names, but I'm speculating that perhaps it is because of differnt file extensions getting recognized differently by the browsers. Perhaps you may want to try to hardcode the name the way I did to test out whether Netscape and IE are still behaving differently when extension is .txt or whether they behave differently when some other extension comes into picture.

>
> From djmcbrid
> I'm experiencing the same problem as Raj. Attempting to download to a .csv file for Excel prompts to save the file 3 times.
> Does anyone know of a solution?

> Thanks
> djmcbrid

from djmcbrid:

Problem seems to be fixed in IE 6. File download behaves as expected.

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