How to get rid off browser naming conventions

[tanu dua]

Hi,

I am using a servlet to send an excel file to the browser with the specified name say abc.xls and the browser gives 3 options :
1) open
2) save
3) cancel.

Now when i click open , the browser opens the file in excel like abc[1].xls in IE (6 and 7) and abc-1.xls in Firefox which I dont want . Is there any way to change the append string i.e. [1].

Or do i have to do client side so have to do all the hard work ?

Thanks

[Rahul Bhattacharjee]

This might be useful for you.

[tanu dua]

Thanks Rahul.

But I cudn't get what I want it . I am able to get the data in excel and I can open it , save it , so no issues are there except the name that browser uses to open the file .

When say browser gets request to open the file say abc.xsl it will open it like abc[1].xsl (IE 6 and 7) and abc-1(Firefox).This [1] or -1 I dont want in the filename when it is opened.

[Ben Souther]

The Content-Disposition header allows you to send the desired name of the file to the browser. There is an example of its use in the FAQ entry that Raul gave you.

[Stan James]

I thought I saw that [1] only when there was already a copy of the file in browser cache, ie the 2nd time I opened it, maybe with the first copy still open. Or did I just guess wrong about what was going on?