Custom file extensions

I am looking for a way to configure CF to respond to requests
with extensions other than .cfm
I found the KB
article
about alternate extensions for the built in web server, but would
like to do the same on IIS.
Example:
http://wwwroot/aDocumentForMe.pdf
I would like CF to process this with some conditional
processing and return a custom PDF with <CFDOCUMENT>.
I've tried using <cfheader name="content-disposition"
filename="inline; aDocumentForMe.pdf"> in a normal .cfm but
Internet Explorer seems to ignore this.
At some point it might be nice to have CF respond with
"calculated" .gif files also.

Yes, thanks.
That does work but there are still two issues left with this
approach:
1. It brings up an "open or save" dialog.
2. The URL I need to distribute must end in .pdf
I need to have ColdFusion parse the CFML in a text file saved
with a .pdf extension just as if it were a .cfm. There is a way to
do it with the built in web server. There must be an equivalent
technique for IIS.
I've tried using the "Configuration..." on the "Home
Directory" tab of the "Web Site Properties" to add an Application
Mapping for ".pdf" to "C:\JRun4\lib\1\jrun.dll". All that did was
send the actual text content to the browser window.
I also tried adding a new <servlet-mapping> to the
web.xml file (maybe not the
CORRECT web.xml file?)
Any further help is appreciated.

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