Re: Streaming files to Firefox
- From: "shakah" <shakahshakah@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 30 Apr 2005 13:13:07 -0700
I'd expect the behavior to be client-dependent based on the browser
configuration. But it does look like you have an unbalanced
double-quote in your "Content-Disposition:" headers -- shouldn't the
value be "inline; filename=\"MyTestPDF.pdf\"" ?
WJ wrote:
> I have some simple code that reads a file from disk and streams it to
a web
> browser.
>
> The servlet container is Tomcat 5.0.28
> IE 6.0.3790
> Firefox 1.0.3
>
> This works for IE, but not Firefox:
>
> ServletOutputStream out = res.getOutputStream();
> File testFile = new File("C:/temp/MyTestPDF.pdf");
>
> res.setHeader("Content-Type","application/pdf");
> res.setHeader("Content-Length","4230364");
> res.setHeader("Content-Disposition", "inline;
> filename=\"MyTestPDF.pdf");
>
> int bufferSize;
> byte[] buffer=new byte[2048];
> FileInputStream fis=new FileInputStream(testFile);
> while( (bufferSize=fis.read(buffer)) != -1)
> out.write(buffer, 0, bufferSize);
> out.close();
>
>
> Now, if I change the Content-Disposition to this:
> res.setHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment;
> filename=\"MyTestPDF.pdf");
> Both browsers correctly prompt me to open or download the file.
>
> I want the file to stream (eventually into a new window) without
being
> prompted.
> Any help is greatly appreciated!
.
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