Re: file targets

On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, Daniel Bretoi wrote:

> > Content-Type: application/pdf
> > Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=myfilename.ext
> > 
> 
> I'd been reading the RFC for this, and for some reason the filename
> parameter didn't make sense until I read this. BUt let me just see if I
> got it right.
> 
> The headers are the Content-
> the filename param is the name of the filename which will show up as the
> default "save as". 
> 
> The actual data will be the file.

Yes, that's exactly right.

For example, if you wanted to return data from a database query as a 
downloadable comma seperated value file, you'dset content-type to text/csv 
and you'd set content-disposition, as above, with your filename.

Then the data portion of what you are sending would be the CSV content 
that is to make up the downloaded file.


Kirk Haines