How to force File Download

[gmahler5th]

A Web server that uses the Content-disposition: attachment HTTP header to force
a file download should prompt the user to open or save the file; however, in
Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1), the user is prompted to open or
save the HTML file instead.

However, this method works fine in Firefox, but I cannot assume all of my
online customers will be using Firefox, or an updated version of IE that has
implemented MS's fix/workaround to the problem, as indicated in the following
KB article.

[url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q279667/[/url]

I need a solution that will allow a user to download a secure file; either an
alternative to using CFHeader & CFContent, or a workaround so that it works in
IE6 on CFMX7.

[gmahler5th]

I found the answer in another thread.


[url]http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=7&thread[/url]
id=935210&CFID=31871719&CFTOKEN=da91219c477ebae5-CED0489A-D3FA-8238-BFE2939F0C6E
1A5B&jsessionid=96304a6349511f7e6c96


Basically, add ?/foo.pdf to the end of your download URL.