Download under a different filename

[andylong :: andrea : azzini]

My problem is: i need to write an ASP page which first checks whether
the user has permissions to download a ZIP file, and then streams the
file itself if the user is allowed to see it. I have succeeded until
this point, but the client browser asks to save the file with the
original filename (and ASP extension). Obviously this would mean
making the downloaded file unusable at client side, unless I tell the
site user to manually rename it, but this is not a solution.

So I ask you: is there any way for an ASP page to stream data to the
browser and have it saved with a default file name and extension which
are different from the page's ones?

I have tried a PHP-like solution:
http://server/path/page.asp/virtual.zip but IIS seems not to
understand the trick.

Thanks in advance to anyone who might reply this post!
Andrea Azzini

[Curt_C [MVP]]

Something like this will work. You can rename the file on the fly to
whatever you want.
http://www.darkfalz.com/1098
--
Curt Christianson
Owner/Lead Developer, DF-Software
Site: http://www.Darkfalz.com
Blog: http://blog.Darkfalz.com
"andylong :: andrea : azzini" <an******@andylong.cjb.net> wrote in message
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My problem is: i need to write an ASP page which first checks whether
the user has permissions to download a ZIP file, and then streams the
file itself if the user is allowed to see it. I have succeeded until
this point, but the client browser asks to save the file with the
original filename (and ASP extension). Obviously this would mean
making the downloaded file unusable at client side, unless I tell the
site user to manually rename it, but this is not a solution.

So I ask you: is there any way for an ASP page to stream data to the
browser and have it saved with a default file name and extension which
are different from the page's ones?

I have tried a PHP-like solution:
http://server/path/page.asp/virtual.zip but IIS seems not to
understand the trick.

Thanks in advance to anyone who might reply this post!
Andrea Azzini

[andylong :: andrea : azzini]

works perfectly! thanks you very much!

"Curt_C [MVP]" <software_AT_darkfalz.com> wrote in message
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Something like this will work. You can rename the file on the fly to
whatever you want.
http://www.darkfalz.com/1098
--
Curt Christianson
Owner/Lead Developer, DF-Software
Site: http://www.Darkfalz.com
Blog: http://blog.Darkfalz.com
"andylong :: andrea : azzini" <an******@andylong.cjb.net> wrote in message
news:%2******************@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...

My problem is: i need to write an ASP page which first checks whether
the user has permissions to download a ZIP file, and then streams the
file itself if the user is allowed to see it. I have succeeded until
this point, but the client browser asks to save the file with the
original filename (and ASP extension). Obviously this would mean
making the downloaded file unusable at client side, unless I tell the
site user to manually rename it, but this is not a solution.

So I ask you: is there any way for an ASP page to stream data to the
browser and have it saved with a default file name and extension which
are different from the page's ones?

I have tried a PHP-like solution:
http://server/path/page.asp/virtual.zip but IIS seems not to
understand the trick.

Thanks in advance to anyone who might reply this post!
Andrea Azzini