Content type = application/force-download not working for IE

[Manish Ramrakhiani]

Hi all,

I have written a Servlet with:

  response.setContentType("application/force-download");
  response.setHeader("Content-disposition", "attachment; filename=\"" + reportName + ".csv\"");

However, this is working absolutely fine on Chrome but when I run it on IE, it throws error saying"can not download from servlet name".

Any pointers, what could be the problem.

Thanks,
Manish Ramrakhiani

[David O'Meara]

what version of IE?
One problem is that in some versions it tries to be too clever about the content type and tries to work it out on its own.
A hack we have used on occasion is to add a fake extension at the end of the URL to provide a hint, but in your case you want the opposite.
To do this, add ".csv" as the last parameter on the URL eg /context/MyServlet?.csv or /context/MyServlet?param1=value&.csv
I kid you not.