CFheader and CFContent

Hello all-
I am having an issue with the tags cfheader and cfcontent.
This is the code I am using:
<cfheader name="Content-Disposition"
value="filename=Jurisdictionary.exe">
<cfcontent type="application/octet-stream"
file="c:\windown\Jurisdictionary.exe">
The issue is that my file is not being renamed correctly, I
keep getting a file with the extension of 'EFW'.
This did work at one time as I had been provided with thte
mime type of "octet-stream" but now that is not working, has anyone
got a solution or a site where I can get more info?
Thanks a bunch, you are all the very best there is and many
thanks to you in the past!!
Respectfully
MIke Dooly

mbdooly wrote:
> Hello all-
> I am having an issue with the tags cfheader and
cfcontent. This is the code I
> am using:
>
> <cfheader name="Content-Disposition"
value="filename=Jurisdictionary.exe">
Try value="attachment; filename=""Jurisdictionary.exe"""
Mack

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> Macromedia Certified Dreamweaver Developer
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