httpresponse.contenttype help needed

4 Apr 2005 5:48 AM

Matthew Speed

I have a web page that returns to the user a csv list they then import
into another program. When they do so they are correctly told that
the server is attempting to send data of type text/csv and gives them
the option to save it. Unfortunately, the suggested file name is
dataexport.aspx, the name of my VB.Net page. Is there a way I can
make it so that the dialog box autofills as dataexport.csv instead?

TIA

4 Apr 2005 6:43 AM

Cor Ligthert

Matthew,

Can you show us something more how you do this.

Cor

4 Apr 2005 7:50 AM

Andrew Morton

Matthew Speed wrote:

> I have a web page that returns to the user a csv list they then import
> into another program. When they do so they are correctly told that
> the server is attempting to send data of type text/csv and gives them
> the option to save it. Unfortunately, the suggested file name is
> dataexport.aspx, the name of my VB.Net page. Is there a way I can
> make it so that the dialog box autofills as dataexport.csv instead?
>
> TIA

This deals with the content-disposition header:-
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2183.html

Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition",
"attachment;filename="dataexport.csv")

Andrew