Linking to an alternative filename

[phead]

I have a situation where an application is saving attached documents to a directory with a unique name, so if I save "document.doc" it saves to disk as "ABCD1234".

I want to provide a link to this document, but if I use a normal HTML link I don't get the correct filename, and the browser doesn't know the filetype so struggles to understand what to do with the file.

I have the location and filename, and the original filename available to the jsp file, but don't have a clue where to start with providing a link to the original document. I've seen other websites do this by providing a link to a program, with a parameter and when that is clicked it responds with a popup to save the doc with its original filename.

Anyone got any ideas of how to get this working, or even if its a standard method, some search terms I can use to try and search for a solution.

 

[jemminger]

if you know the file type of the original file, then send a header to transmit the file as that mime type, e.g. "application/msword" or whatever


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