Force a link to download instead of open in IE

[Mufasa]

Is there a way to have a link in IE that will automatically run the saveas
command instead of trying to open the file?

TIA - Jeff.

[Alexey Smirnov]

On Oct 2, 8:21 pm, "Mufasa" <[e-mail]:

Is there a way to have a link in IE that will automatically run the saveas
command instead of trying to open the file?

TIA - Jeff.

Hi Jeff

you can do it using code. For example, you can have a LinkButton with
the following code in it

protected void LinkButton1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Response.ClearContent();
Response.ClearHeaders();
Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition",
"attachment;filename=test.doc");
Response.WriteFile(Server.MapPath("~/test.doc"));
Response.Flush();
Response.Close();
}

[Alexey Smirnov]

On Oct 2, 9:40 pm, "George Ter-Saakov" <[e-mail]:

I found where my "believes" came fromhttp://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/267991

turned out IE 5.5 would open file inside instead of popping dialog. despite
of the attachment word.

George.

That thought about old browsers has crossed my mind. SP1 for 5.5 has
fixed that issue 7 years ago :-))