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oops, still doesn't work with an .xml extension.

Posted by steven suh on July 12, 2001 at 3:42 PM

I don't know how to trigger an .xml file for download in IE5.5. If you have an .xml with the code I provided earlier than the save as dialog box won't even open. You can get around this but excluding the setHeader method entirely so the code will look like this:

if (this.downloadType.equals(DOWNLOAD_FORMAT_XML)){
res.setContentType("text/octect-stream; name=\""+ fileName+"\"") ;
// res.setHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename="+ fileName + "\";") ;
}if (this.downloadType.equals(DOWNLOAD_FORMAT_XML)){
res.setContentType("text/octect-stream; name=\""+ fileName+"\"") ;
// res.setHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename="+ fileName + "\";") ;
}

I said text/octec-stream but I think you can say just about anything.

The save as box will trigger, but the name of the file will be the name of servlet and some session info. If you just change the name and put an .xml extension on the end then the file will save correctly. Sucks, I know. Does anyone else out there have anything to add to this?

I'm assuming they fixed this bug in IE6.