downloading file with save as dialog box in jsp...how to prompt user for save,view cancel dialog instead of directly opening image

Question

I am having one jsp in which i have provided one link for downloading any document.

Whenever user clicks the link,it directly open the document.

I want to show one dialog box(which generally appears on many websites) which will ask user to save, cancel and view the document.

can anybody help me out..??

i am using following code in my controller class.

InputStream is = new FileInputStream(new File(**File Path**);

              IOUtils.copy(is, response.getOutputStream());
              response.flushBuffer();

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 26 '12 at 11:27

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I got the solution .

I added response content type and it's working.

response.setHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment;filename=abc.jpg");

Thanks to all who tried to help me out from this issue.

answered Apr 26 '12 at 11:27

JOHND

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 25 '12 at 15:15

The action the browser takes depends on a couple of things; the MIME type that the server sends it for the file, but also on how the browser is configured to handle that particular MIME type. You can set the MIME type on the server end with:

response.setContentType( "application/octet-stream" );

That MIME type should generally show a save dialog, but the user could potentially configure their browser to handle it differently.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 26 '12 at 07:52

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As Nick Wilson said, you will also have to check the browser how octet-stream is handled...

answered Apr 26 '12 at 07:52

Snake Eye

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thnaks for your answer ,but it's not working and how to configure browser. Its also not working in ie and mozilla – JOHND Apr 26 '12 at 10:10

downloading file with save as dialog box in jsp...how to prompt user for save,view cancel dialog instead of directly opening image

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