Re: Annoying brackets in IE temporary filenames - looking for a magic fix...

* Thus wrote gvarosky@conversent.com (gvarosky@conversent.com): > Is anyone aware of a way via headers, or just plain voodoo, that will make a > temporary file that IE uses not use the square brackets? i.e. foo[1].xls Try telling IE not to cache the file: header("Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate"); header("Cache-Control: post-check=0, pre-check=0", false); the file[1].ext usually happens when a file from with the same name occurs in the cache. > > Here is my scenario: > > I have files being served out of a database from blob fields for an internal > site. We seem to have this one picky program that does not like files served > this way, and complains. If I visit my local IE cache directory, and remove > the square brackets from the filename, I can open it just fine. If I put > them back, I can no longer open the file. We need our users for convenience > to be able to open these in the browser directly, instead of downloading the > file, then browsing it it's location, and then opening it. Now if you send this: header("Content-type: application/octet-stream"); header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=filename.xls"); IE is going to do one of the following: - prompt the user what to do. - open it with a plugin and display it directly in the browser - open excel with the filename. - do something else ;) HTH, Curt -- "I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure."