SPUG: Content-Dispostion http header

[Ben Reser]

On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 11:42:19AM -0800, Dan Ebert wrote:
> 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
> 
> I have also tried
> content-disposition: attachment; filename=destination.xls
> 
> no dice.
> 
> Has anyone ran into this before?

Yep discussed on this list not very long ago.
I've attached the final resolution.

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