Force IE To Download A File NOT Display In IE

[apc2003]

I need a piece of javascript that forces IE to pop up the file download dialog instead of opening and displaying the file within the IE window.

Currenly I am using:

window.open(file, title, windowParams)

to load a .rtf file...

But IE supports this file format and displays it instead of prompting for download.

Can anyone suggest how to make IE always prompt for download of a given file?

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

You could change the MIME type fro RTF files server-side to a generic binary type... That way, it would work for most browsers, not just IE.

Hope this helps,
Dan

 

[apc2003]

How do you do this?

Regards...

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Now that depends on which web server you are using. Once you know that, ask in the forum for that web server.

Hope this helps,
Dan