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Perry Way · Guest

I'm scratchin' my head here...

I'm serving files dynamically in ISAPI .dll.

I use POST method.. ONLY. It HAS to be this way.

When server responds by serving file, the "Save File" dialog shows a file
name of "file".

Gee... that's really... helpful. <g> The user must type type type..
every time.. I know the name of the file.. the web client *can* know the
name of the file because I'm displaying the name on the web page they use to
click on button to download.

Is there a way to somehow stick a file name in the Save dialog? I realize
maybe this is a client-side issue only.... Perhaps I should use some
Javascript technique to fool IE into sticking the name of the file in the
Save dialog?

any helpful hints? anyone?

Thanks!

Perry

Perry Way · Guest

Nevermind!!!!!!!!

I found the cure... and I came back here to post it in case any readers are
curious how this is done..

You must set the custom header of the response to:

name: 'Content-Disposition'
value: 'attachment, filename=<provide filename here>'

Code snippet example following....

ms := TMemoryStream.Create;
try
ms.LoadFromFile(sPath);
Response.ContentType := 'application/download';
Response.ContentStream := ms;
Response.SetCustomHeader('Content-Disposition', 'attachment;
filename=' + ExtractFileName(sPath));
Response.SendResponse;
Handled := True;
Exit;
except
// only gets here if file cannot be loaded because //
// ShareDenyRead was set by some other process //
// opening the same file //
ms.Free;
end;

"Perry Way" <no.delphipro.spam (AT) no (DOT) spam.earthlink.net> wrote