Using CFCONTENT with Dynamic Variables

[gmahler5th]

If I hardcode all of the values for a force file download using CFCONTENT, I
can save the file just fine. But the problem is that I want to reuse the file
download page to force a file download for more than one file name. When I
substitute variables for the filename, I get the following error.

"Complex object types cannot be converted to simple values. "

The code I am using is:

<cfset file= "templates.zip">

<cfheader name="Content-Disposition" value="attachment;filename=#file#">
<cfcontent file="C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\downloads\#file#"
type="application/x-zip-compressed" reset="no">

I am running CFMX7 on IIS5.0 and IE6. I get the same exact error when running
under Firefox.

[Fernis]

This is a classic. :-)

You can't use "file" as your variable name. It's reserved by CF. Change it to something else, for example #myFile#.