SPUG: Content-Dispostion http header

[ced at carios2.ca.boeing.com]

> OK, this isn't really a perl question ... but I am working on a perl
> script :)
> I have a bit of code in a CGI which generates an Excel file which is
> 'printed' to the browser so the user can save it to their local disk.  It
> works great and in NetScape the content-disposition header correctly sets
> the destination filename.  In IE it sets the name to the name of the CGI
> script.
> 
> print $cgi->header(-type => 'app1icati0n/0ctet-stream',
>                   -content_disposition => 'file; filename='. $filename);
>
> (one = ell, zero = o)
> 
> For those not familiar with the CGI module, this generates a header like
> so:
> 
> Content-type: app1icati0n/0ctet-stream
> Content-disposition: file; filename=destination.xls


Maybe not dynamic enough for your purposes but I recall somewhere 
that using PATH_INFO works across various browsers and even with 
lynx, eg

  ... action="/cgi-bin/foo.cgi/destination.xls ... 



Rgds,
--
Charles DeRykus

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