force a file to save to computer

[Brian Henry]

Is there a way or method to make a file be saved to the computer instead of
being opened on the web? we wrote a web client messaging system that uses
SSL on our server and when you open a word doc as an attachment it of course
opens in the browser... we want to force the user to save it to the computer
(at the least give them a dialog asking what they want to do with it)
instead of just opening it right to the browser... any way to do this?
thanks

[Steve C. Orr [MVP, MCSD]]

Yes, you can force a dialog box that will ask the user whether they'd like
to open or save the file.

Response.Clear()
Response.ContentType = Whatever
Response.Writefile("c:\whatever")
Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition",
"attachment;filename=whatever")

Here are the details:
http://steveorr.net/articles/EasyUploads.aspx

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I hope this helps,
Steve C. Orr, MCSD, MVP
http://SteveOrr.net
"Brian Henry" <br**********@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...

Is there a way or method to make a file be saved to the computer instead
of being opened on the web? we wrote a web client messaging system that
uses SSL on our server and when you open a word doc as an attachment it of
course opens in the browser... we want to force the user to save it to the
computer (at the least give them a dialog asking what they want to do with
it) instead of just opening it right to the browser... any way to do this?
thanks

[Brian Henry]

thanks!

"Steve C. Orr [MVP, MCSD]" <St***@Orr.net> wrote in message
news:eK****************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Yes, you can force a dialog box that will ask the user whether they'd like
to open or save the file.

Response.Clear()
Response.ContentType = Whatever
Response.Writefile("c:\whatever")
Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition",
"attachment;filename=whatever")

Here are the details:
http://steveorr.net/articles/EasyUploads.aspx

--
I hope this helps,
Steve C. Orr, MCSD, MVP
http://SteveOrr.net
"Brian Henry" <br**********@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...

Is there a way or method to make a file be saved to the computer instead
of being opened on the web? we wrote a web client messaging system that
uses SSL on our server and when you open a word doc as an attachment it
of course opens in the browser... we want to force the user to save it to
the computer (at the least give them a dialog asking what they want to do
with it) instead of just opening it right to the browser... any way to do
this? thanks

[JV]

Nice post Steve.

"Steve C. Orr [MVP, MCSD]" <St***@Orr.net> wrote in message
news:eK****************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Yes, you can force a dialog box that will ask the user whether they'd like
to open or save the file.

Response.Clear()
Response.ContentType = Whatever
Response.Writefile("c:\whatever")
Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition",
"attachment;filename=whatever")

Here are the details:
http://steveorr.net/articles/EasyUploads.aspx

--
I hope this helps,
Steve C. Orr, MCSD, MVP
http://SteveOrr.net